Tiphia (Tiphia) levipunctata Allen & Jaynes, 1930

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 : 60-62

23. Tiphia (Tiphia) levipunctata Allen & Jaynes, 1930

( Figs 301–314 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) levipunctata Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 50 . Holotype, ♀, Shillong, India (USNM); Allen, 1975: 80–81.

Material examined. 2♀, INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley district, Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Ram Sing Forest (28°55’13″N & 95°56’28″E, 2762 m), 29.x.2017, Coll. M.S. Pandher, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18186–18187 .

Diagnosis. Body length 13.8–14.6 mm. Median extension of clypeus slightly emarginated, basal half of clypeus coarsely punctate, apical half smooth ( Fig. 307 ); mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notaulices not connected ( Fig. 309 ); tegula orange brown ( Fig. 309 ); metanotum with scattered minute punctures ( Fig. 309 ); dorsal side of propodeum with elongate rectangular shaped areola ( Fig. 309 ); lateral side of propodeum with moderately spaced rugulae ( Fig. 310 ); fore wing yellowish hyaline ( Fig. 312 ); hind basitarsus with short shallow groove; mid and hind trochanters and femora orange red ( Fig. 308 ).

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the shape of propodeal areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Dorsal side of propodeum with elongate rectangular shaped areola in the specimens examined, while areola elongate keystone shaped according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Thailand.

Figures

FIGURES 301–304. Tiphia (Tiphia) levipunctata Allen & Jaynes, ♀. Type. 301. Habitus, lateral view; 302. Head, frontal view; 303. Habitus, dorsal view; 304. Label.

FIGURES 305–314. Tiphia (Tiphia) levipunctata Allen & Jaynes, ♀. 305. Habitus, lateral view; 306. Head, frontal view; 307. Clypeus; 308. Habitus, dorsal view; 309. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 310. Mesosoma, lateral view; 311. Antenna; 312. Forewing, dorsal view; 313. Metasoma, dorsal view; 314. Metasoma, lateral view.