Tiphia (Tiphia) milleri 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 : 69

26. Tiphia (Tiphia) milleri Allen, 1975

( Figs 352–361 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) milleri Allen, 1975: 37–38 . Holotype, ♂. Pulchauki , Katmandu, Nepal (CERI).

Material examined: 1♂, INDIA: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, South Andaman district, Port Blair, Science Centre (11°39′19″N & 92°45′20″E, 28 m), 15.vii.2021, Coll. A.K. Dubey, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18384. 1♂, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district , Sagar Island (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 18.v.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20305 .

Diagnosis. Body length 5.3 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 354 ); antenna beneath, palpi, tegula and fore and mid legs (except coxa) orange red ( Fig. 352 ); dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina ( Fig. 356 ); lateral side of pronotum without well developed transdiscal groove ( Fig. 357 ); marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension ( Fig. 359 ); propodeum with rectangular shaped areola having lateral carinae bends medially ( Fig. 356 ); Gs 5 with distinct denticle.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. India (new record): Andaman & Nicobar Islands; West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal.

Figures

FIGURES 352–361. Tiphia (Tiphia) milleri Allen, ♂. 352. Habitus, lateral view; 353. Head, frontal view; 354. Clypeus; 355. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 356. Mesosoma, lateral view; 357. Pygidium; 358. Antenna; 359. Forewing, dorsal view; 360. Metasoma, dorsal view; 361. Metasoma, lateral view.