Tiphia (Tiphia) consueta Smith, 1879

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 : 30-33

10. Tiphia (Tiphia) consueta Smith, 1879

( Figs 123–132 )

Tiphia consueta Smith, 1879: 184 [♀; Ceylon; type in NHMUK]; Cameron, 1892: 116; Bingham, 1896: 431 [listed]; Bingham, 1897: 61 [♀, ♂; Ceylon; synonymized ♂ Methoca [sic] nigra Bingham, 1896 ]; Dalla Torre, 1897: 135 [listed]; Bingham, 1906: 36; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 101; Hedicke, 1936: 8 [listed].

? Methoca [sic] nigra Bingham, 1896: 427 , 428, pl. 15: fig. 4 [♂, Pundaloya, Ceylon and Tenasserim; type lost?; preoccupied in Tiphia by T. nigra Gmelin ]; Hedicke, 1936: 8 [listed as synonym of T. consueta ].

Tiphia (Tiphia) consueta ; Allen, 1969: 408–409 [♀; redescription of type]; 1975: 87–88 [redescription].

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16813 . 1♀, Sikkim (27°31′18″N & 88°31′19″E, 1122 m), 10.ix.2017, Coll. A. Ramesh Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16812 . 3♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″N & 77°39′55″E, 399 m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16809–16811 .

Diagnosis. Body length 9.3–11.2 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 125 ); clypeus with median extension emarginated ( Fig. 125 ); basal part of clypeus coarsely punctate and apical part smooth ( Fig. 125 ); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina ( Fig. 127 ); lateral side of pronotum smooth with distinct transdiscal groove ( Fig. 128 ); fore wing brownish infumate with second cubital vein sinuous ( Fig. 130 ); tegula only slightly longer than middle width ( Fig. 127 ); propodeal areolar carina with crenulations ( Fig. 127 ); Gt 1 anteriorly without transverse ridge ( Fig. 131 ); inner surface of hind basitarsus with groove.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India (new record): Karnataka, Sikkim, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka.

Figures

FIGURES 123–132. Tiphia (Tiphia) consueta Smith, ♀. 123. Habitus, lateral view; 124. Head, frontal view; 125. Clypeus; 126. Habitus, dorsal view; 127. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 128. Mesosoma, lateral view; 129. Antenna; 130. Forewing, dorsal view; 131. Metasoma, dorsal view; 132. Metasoma, lateral view.