Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, 1903

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 : 39-41

14. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, 1903 , subgeneric comb. nov.

( Figs 170–179 )

Tiphia exacta Nurse, 1903: 400 . Holotype, ♀, Kashmir , India (NHMUK).

Tiphia (Tiphia) exacta ; Allen, 1969: 402; Allen, 1975: 73–74.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Manipuram (11°24′45″N & 75°56′20″E, 61m), 16.v.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17762 .

Diagnosis. Body length 10.5 mm. Clypeus with median extension slightly emarginated ( Fig. 172 ); clypeus with its basal part with punctures and apical part smooth and shiny ( Fig. 172 ); dorsal side of pronotum with complete anterior transverse carina; lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove ( Fig. 175 ); fore wing yellowish ( Fig. 177 ); dorsal side of propodeum outside areola with reticulations and punctures ( Fig. 174 ); carina of propodeal areola margined by crenulations ( Fig. 174 ); metanotum with punctures concentrated on laterally, medially smooth ( Fig. 174 ); Gt 1 with a transverse carina anteriorly ( Fig. 178 ); inner surface of hind basitarsus with a long, deep groove.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in dorsal pronotal carina compared to the description of Allen (1975). Dorsal side of pronotum with complete anterior transverse carina in the specimens examined, while dorsal side of pronotum with transverse carina present only at humeral angle according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala (new record).

Figures

FIGURES 170–179. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, ♀. 170. Habitus, lateral view; 171. Head, frontal view; 172. Clypeus; 173. Habitus, dorsal view; 174. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 175. Mesosoma, lateral view; 176. Antenna; 177. Forewing, dorsal view; 178. Metasoma, dorsal view; 179. Metasoma, lateral view.