Tiphia (Tiphia) tegelonga Allen, 1975

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 : 98

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scientific name	Tiphia (Tiphia) tegelonga Allen, 1975
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40. Tiphia (Tiphia) tegelonga Allen, 1975

( Figs 519–539 View FIGURES 519–528 View FIGURES 529–539 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) tegelonga Allen, 1975: 18–19 . Allotype, ♀, India: Shillong , Assam [Shillong presently in Meghalaya state] (NMNH).

Material examined: 2♀, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Govanur (11°10′12″N & 76°50′51″E, 589m), 6.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15454 & 15455 GoogleMaps ; 1♀ & 1♂, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15456 & 15457 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 7 mm. apical margin of clypeus straight, without emargination ( Fig. 531 View FIGURES 529–539 ); tegula elongate ( Fig. 533 View FIGURES 529–539 ); lateral side of pronotum with narrow transdiscal groove ( Fig. 534 View FIGURES 529–539 ); dorsal side of propodeum with elongate key stone shaped areola with about 3 × as long as apical width ( Fig. 533 View FIGURES 529–539 ); both marginal cell and second cubital cell of fore wing with a small spur, respectively ( Fig. 537 View FIGURES 529–539 ); hind basitarsus with groove ( Fig. 536 View FIGURES 529–539 ); metasomal tergites with coarse punctures ( Fig. 538 View FIGURES 529–539 ).

Male. Body length 5.6 mm. Mandible without preapical cusp ( Fig. 521 View FIGURES 519–528 ); tegula elongate ( Fig. 523 View FIGURES 519–528 ); marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension ( Fig. 526 View FIGURES 519–528 ); median extension of clypeus deeply emarginated ( Fig. 521 View FIGURES 519–528 ); legs castaneous ( Figs 519, 522 View FIGURES 519–528 ); Gs 5 with well-developed denticle ( Fig. 528 View FIGURES 519–528 ); Gs 6 with short, sparse hairs ( Fig. 528 View FIGURES 519–528 ).