Tiphia (Tiphia) pulchaukiae Allen, 1975

Han, Qian, Wang, He-Sheng, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the nominotypical subgenus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from China, with three new species and a key to the Chinese species, Zootaxa 5284 (1), pp. 1-43 : 35-36

Tiphia (Tiphia) pulchaukiae Allen, 1975 , new record

( Figs 111–116 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) pulchaukiae Allen, 1975: 8–10 ; Boni Bartalucci, 2010: 123.

Material examined. 2♁, China, Tibet prov., Linzhi City, Bomi County, 29°51′1″N, 95°46′4″E, 2727 m, 25.VII.2014, Tingjing Li (CNU).

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 111 ). Body length 7.8–8.2 mm, forewing length 5.1–5.4 mm. Mandible ( Fig. 112 ) with preapical denticle and obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 112 ) with coarse and dense punctures, apex medially emarginated; frons ( Fig. 112 ) with medial longitudinal narrow carina; lower frons with dense punctures, somewhat reticulate, upper frons with sparse punctures; vertex ( Fig. 113 ) with relatively sparser punctures; pronotal anterior carina ( Fig. 111 ) complete; mesoscutellum and metanotum ( Fig. 114 ) with sparse punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing ( Fig. 111 ) not exceeding second submarginal cell; horizontal area of propodeal dorsal face ( Fig. 114 ) with sparse transverse striae, oblique area with dense crenulations and without submarginal carina, posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola ( Fig. 114 ) subtrapezoidal, distinctly convergent posteriorly, APWL=3.7: 2.5: 5.6, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 2/3 of areola; subposterior area of T1 ( Fig. 111 ) close to apex and not depressed, with 2–3 transverse rows of punctures; surface of S1 ( Fig. 116 ) deeply creased, and without posterolateral groove; T3–T6 and S2–S5 with sparse punctures; S5 ( Fig. 115 ) with lateral denticle, and without deep orifice.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Tibet); India; Nepal.

Figures

FIGURES 111–116. Tiphia (Tiphia) pulchaukiae Allen, ♁. 111. Habitus, dorsal view; 112. Head, frontal view (pd: preapical denticle of mandible); 113. Vertex, dorsal view; 114. Mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view; 115. S5, lateral view (ld: lateral denticle of S5); 116. S1, ventral view.