Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein, 1938

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 : 83-85

32. Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein, 1938

( Figs 432–441 )

Tiphia rufipes Smith, 1855: 83 , Lectotype, ♀, Northern India (NHMUK); Magretti, 1892: 249 [♀; Burma [ Myanmar]; misidentified?]; Bingham, 1897: 61, 62 [♀; brief description]; Turner, 1908b: 120 [♀; Ceylon; misidentified]; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 100 [brief note]; Hedicke, 1936: 23 [listed].

Tiphia palmi Krombein, 1938: 187 [new name for T. rufipes Smith , not Latreille, 1797]; Krombein, 1982: 40–42.

Tiphia (Tiphia) rufipes ; Allen, 1969: 396–398 [type redescription]; Allen, 1975: 63, 64 [description].

Material examined. 2♀, INDIA: Kerala, Ernakulam district, Thatekkad Bird Sanctuary (10°06′20″N & 76°42′08″E, 37 m), 2.ix.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15266 & 15267 ; 3♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19354–19356 . 1♀, Maharashtra, Thane district, Mumbai (19°06′15″N & 72°53′40″E, 34 m), 14.vii.2017, Coll.A. Ramesh Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.15269 . 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″N & 77°39′55″E, 399m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15268 ; 1♀, Dehradun district, Motichur near Haridwar (29°58′44″N & 78°11′18″E, 296 m), 12.vii.1990, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18190 ; 1♀, West Bengal, South 24 Parganas district, Sagar Island , Phulbari (21° 44′ 21″N & 88° 07′ 04″ E, 24 m), 21.iii.2018, Coll. Sunita Patra, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15270 .

Diagnosis. Body length 7.2–8.3 mm. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with weak ridge ( Fig. 436 ); lateral side of pronotum with evanescent transdiscal groove ( Fig. 437 ); areola of propodeum tricarinate, median carina not extending to apex ( Fig. 436 ); dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina ( Fig. 436 ); metanotum with closely placed coarse punctures ( Fig. 436 ); fore wing faintly infumated ( Fig. 439 ); trochanters, femora and tibia of all legs orange red colored ( Fig. 432 ); mid and hind tibiae inflated; inner surface of hind basitarsus without groove.

Variations: The specimens examined here differ in the length of median carina of areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Median carina of areola not extending to apex in the specimens examined, while median carina of areola extending to apex or almost so according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala (new record), Maharashtra (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal (new record). Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand.

Figures

FIGURES 432–441. Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein, ♀. 432. Habitus, lateral view; 433. Head, frontal view; 434. Clypeus; 435. Habitus, dorsal view; 436. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 437. Pygidium, lateral view; 438.Antenna; 439. Forewing, dorsal view; 440. Metasoma, dorsal view; 441. Metasoma, lateral view.