Tiphia (Tiphia) davidrajui Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2022

Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, Girish & Hegde, Vishwanath D., 2022, Additions to the knowledge on the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from India with the description of ten new species, Zootaxa 5204 (1), pp. 1-106 : 33-37

12. Tiphia (Tiphia) davidrajui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov.

( Figs 144–156 )

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Type material. Holotype, ♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.18089 . Paratypes: 7♂, same collection locality as that of holotype, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18090–18096 ; 1♂, Kasargode district , Ranipuram (12° 25′ 19″ N & 75° 21′ 06″ N, 925 m), 8.xi.2013, Coll. P.M. Rajan, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18904 ; 4♂, Kozhikode district , Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′ 6.96″N & 75°47′ 33.72″E, 6 m), 26.x.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18106 & 18894–18896 ; 1♂, Kozhikode district , Balusseri (11°26′20″N & 75°49′13″E, 33 m), 15.ii.2021, Coll. C. Binoy, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18902 ; 1♂, Kozhikode district , Ooleri (11°32′28″N & 75°50′40″E, 30 m), 12.xii.2018, Coll. Sandra Lishikumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18903 ; 1♂, Kozhikode district , Vilakottur (11°45′22″N & 75°39′06″E, 34m), 21.x.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18905 ; 1♂, Malappuram district , Calicut University Campus (9°43′00″N & 76°57′51″E, 1003 m), 27.ii.2020, Coll. A.P. Ranjith, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18104 ; 1♂, Pathanamthitta district , Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19372 ; 1♂, Thiruvananthapuram district , Kerala University Campus (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 28.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18105 ; 2♂, Thiruvananthapuram district , Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve , Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kothiram (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P.Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18897 & 18898 ; 4♂, Thrissur district , Elanad (10°30′38.52″N & 76°52′50.52″E, 68 m), 5.v.2019, Coll. N. V. Ayisha Mawadda , ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18097–18100 ; 3♂, Wayanad district, Karlad (11°38′56″N & 75°58′56″E, 752 m), 29.ii.2020, Coll. K. Anju, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18899–18901. 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Valparai , (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m) 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18906. 3♂, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island, Phulbari (21°44′21″N & 88°07′04″E, 24 m), 21.iii.2018, Coll. Sunita Patra, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18101–18103.

Diagnosis. Dorsal side of propodeum with rectangular shaped areola; median extension of clypeus bidentate; fore wing hyaline; marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in lateral extension; metanotum with sparsely arranged punctures.

Description. Holotype, ♂. Body length 7.09 mm. Paratypes, ♂. Body length 5.93–9.01 mm.

Colour. Black with other areas as follows: Antennae beneath yellowish brown ( Fig. 150 ); inner side of fore and mid tibia and tarsi yellowish brown ( Fig. 144 ); middle part of mandible and preapical denticle yellowish brown ( Fig. 146 ).

Head. HW 2.09 × least distance between eyes; lower front with adjacent punctures and upper front with sparse punctures ( Fig. 145 ); mandible with preapical denticle ( Fig. 146 ); median extension of clypeus bidentate ( Fig. 146 ); POD 2.23 × LOD and 0.89 × OOD; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10: Fu 11 = 0.227: 0.105: 0.110: 0.119: 0.119: 0.122: 0.124: 0.124: 0.125: 0.125: 0.128: 0.129: 0.223 ( Fig. 150 ).

Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with strong transverse carina ( Fig. 148 ); metanotum with irregularly scattered punctures ( Fig. 148 ); tegula 1.4 × its middle width ( Fig. 148 ); dorsal side of propodeum with rectangular shaped areola with length of areola 1.24 × its basal width and 1.23 × its apical width ( Fig. 148 ); area outside areola striate and imbricate ( Fig. 148 ); fore wing hyaline with marginal cell greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension ( Fig. 151 ); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove, aciculations on upper part above the groove and ridges below the groove ( Fig. 149 ); mesopleuron with irregularly scattered large and small punctures ( Fig. 149 ); upper part of lateral side of propodeum with strong, moderately spaced rugulae completed to posterior half and lower part with imbricate sculptures ( Fig. 149 ). Length of mesosoma: 1.72 mm.

Metasoma. Preapical band of Gt 1 with coarse, deep punctures ( Fig. 152 ); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina; Gs 5 with lateral denticle ( Fig. 153 ). Length of metasoma: 2.56 mm.

Genitalia. Paramere shaped like spatula and covered with long and short setae; digitus slightly curved and pointed at apex; cuspis with punctures and apically curved; aedeagus with apical portion rounded and basally with a stalk and a conical projection ( Figs 154–156 ).

Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to Tiphia capillata Allen & Jaynes in having mandible with preapical denticle; fore wing hyaline; marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell; Gs 6 without tuft of dense setae apically but it differs from T. (T.) capillata in the following features: areola of dorsal side of propodeum rectangular in shape (in T. (T.) capillata , areola of dorsal side of propodeum key stone in shape); areola with its base 0.98 × and median length 1.2 × apical width (in T. (T.) capillata , areola with its base 1.13 × and median length 1.25 × apical width); metanotum with sparsely arranged punctures and without median broad conical projection (in T. (T.) capillata , metanotum with closely arranged punctures and with median broad conical projection); dorsal side of propodeum outside areola striate and reticulate and without punctures (in T. (T.) capillata , dorsal side of propodeum outside areola glossy and with minute sparse punctures); tegula dark brown (in T. (T.) capillata , tegula reddish translucent); inner side of fore and mid tibia yellowish brown, other parts of legs black (in T. (T.) capillata , tibia and tarsi of all three pairs of legs largely yellowish).

Distribution. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.

Etymology. The species is named in honor of Mr. David V. Raju, a well known naturalist from Kerala, for his dedication to the study of natural history and taxonomy of Indian Odonata.

Figures

FIGURES 144–153. Tiphia (Tiphia) davidrajui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♂. 144. Habitus, lateral view; 145. Head, frontal view; 146. Clypeus; 147. Habitus, dorsal view; 148. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 149. Mesosoma, lateral view; 150. Antenna; 151. Forewing, dorsal view; 152. Metasoma, dorsal view; 153. Metasoma, lateral view.

FIGURES 154–156. Tiphia (Tiphia) davidrajui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. 154. Genitalia, dorsal view; 155. Genitalia, ventral view; 156. Genitalia, lateral view.