Tiphia (Tiphia) borneana Cameron, 1907

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 : 28

Tiphia (Tiphia) borneana Cameron, 1907 , new record

( Figs 73–79 )

Tiphia borneana Cameron, 1907: 289 ; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 98; Hedicke, 1936: 6.

Tiphia (Tiphia) borneana Cameron : Allen, 1969: 367, 370–371.

Material examined. 1♁, China, Guizhou prov., Tongren City, Yinjiang County, Ziwei Town (Malaise trap), 27°57’0”N, 108°36’58”E, 960 m, 5. V .–11. VI .2021, Xiaoxue Quan ( CNU); 1 ♁, China, Guizhou prov., Tongren City, Songtao County, Fanjing Mountain , Lengjia Dam (Malaise trap), 27°55′12″N, 108°36′35″E, 986 m, 5. V .– 11. VI .2021, Xiaoxue Quan ( CNU); 1 ♁, China, Guizhou prov., Tongren City, Yinjiang County, Fanjing Mountain , Dayuanzi Town (Malaise trap), 27°55′30″N, 108°36′50″E, 1085 m, 5. V .–11. VI .2021, Xiaoxue Quan ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 73 ). Body length 7.1–8.8 mm, forewing length 5.4–6.8 mm. Mandible ( Fig. 74 ) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 74 ) with coarse dense punctures, apex medially emarginated; lower frons ( Fig. 74 ) with dense punctures, upper frons with sparse punctures; vertex ( Fig. 75 ) with sparse punctures, interspaces smooth; pronotum latero-ventrally ( Fig. 76 ) with distinct groove in middle; mesopleuron ( Fig. 76 ) with some big punctures mixed with few minute punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing ( Fig. 73 ) distinctly exceeding second submarginal cell; horizontal area of propodeal dorsal face ( Fig. 77 ) almost impunctate, with several sparse punctures, oblique area with dense crenulations and with submarginal carina, posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola ( Fig. 77 ) rectangular, APWL=3.9: 3.5: 5.1, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 2/3 of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally ( Fig. 76 ) with sparse long oblique wrinkles, ventrally smooth; anterior half of T1 ( Fig. 73 ) almost impunctate, with several sparse shallow punctures; subposterior area of T1 close to apex and distinctly depressed, with 2–3 transverse rows of punctures; S1 ( Fig. 78 ) almost impunctate, with several scattered punctures, and without posterolateral groove; S5 ( Fig. 79 ) with lateral denticle, slightly curved inwards and without deep orifice.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Guizhou); Borneo.

Figures

FIGURES 73–79. Tiphia (Tiphia) borneana Cameron, ♁. 73. Habitus, dorsal view; 74. Head, frontal view; 75. Vertex, dorsal view; 76. Mesosoma, lateral view; 77. Mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view; 78. S1, ventral view; 79. S5, lateral view (ld: lateral denticle of S5).