Tiphia (Tiphia) weismani Krombein, 1982

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 : 39-40

Tiphia (Tiphia) weismani Krombein, 1982 , new record

( Figs 136–143 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) weismani Krombein, 1982:13 (key), 46.

Material examined. 3♀, China, Yunnan prov., Baoshan City, Longyang County, Mangkuan Town , Tangxi Village , mangguo Village (Malaise trap), 25°18′12″N, 98°42′42″E, 934 m, 15–30.VIII.2020, Lang Yi ( CNU) ; 3♀, China, Yunnan prov., Yuxi City, Xinping County, Jiasa Town , Dabinlang Ecological Park , 24°2′21″N, 101°35′26″E, 523 m, 17.VII.2014, Xiaoqian Shi ( YNAU) ; 1♀, China, Yunnan prov., Dehong City, Longchuan County, Laying Village , 24°12′29″N, 97°44′2″E, 922 m, 16.VIII.2017, Pan Huang ( CNU) ; 1♀, China, Yunnan prov., Xishuangbanna, mengla County, Menglun Town , Manlun Village , 21°56′15″N, 101°13′52″E, 558 m, 23.VIII.2008, Zhenhua Zu ( YNAU) .

Diagnosis. Female ( Fig. 136 ). Body length 8.3–9.2 mm, forewing length 4.7–5.8 mm. Mandible ( Fig. 137 ) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 137 ) basally with dense punctures and apically smooth, apex medially emarginated; lower frons ( Fig. 137 ) with sparse punctures, upper frons and vertex ( Fig. 138 ) with some large impunctate areas; pronotal anterior carina absent, anterior half of pronotum with sparse punctures, posterior half impunctate; pronotum latero-ventrally ( Fig. 140 ) with distinct groove in middle, area above groove smooth, area below groove with dense oblique striae; anterior medial groove of mesoscutum separated from notaulus; mesopleuron ( Fig. 140 ) with sparse punctures; metanotum ( Fig. 142 ) with scattered minute punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; inner face of hind basitarsus ( Fig. 139 ) medially without longitudinal groove; mid and hind femora bright red ( Fig. 136 ); propodeal areola ( Fig. 142 ) irregularly pitted along inner and outer margins of both lateral and medial longitudinal carinae, areola rectangular, APWL=3.5: 2.8: 8.8, medial longitudinal carina extending posterior margin of areola; subposterior area of T1 (Fig. 135) close to apex and slightly depressed, with few scattered punctures; S1 ( Fig. 143 ) anteriorly with irregular pits, medially and posteriorly with sparse minute punctures, with posterolateral groove and reaching the anterior apex; pygidium ( Fig. 141 ) anteriorly with sparse punctures, medially with dense continuous punctures, and posteriorly smooth and glossy.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); Sri Lanka.

Figures

FIGURES 136–143. Tiphia (Tiphia) weismani Krombein, ♀. 136. Habitus, dorsal view; 137. Head, frontal view; 138. Vertex, dorsal view; 139. Hind basitarsus, ventral view; 140. Pronotum and mesoscutum, lateral view; 141. Pygidium; 142. Metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view; 143. S1, ventral view.