Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma 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 : 15-19

3. Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, 1930

( Figs 24–37 )

Tiphia brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 65 . Holotype, ♀, Shillong , India (USNM).

Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma ; Allen, 1975: 88–89.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary , Kanithadam (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 19.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16906 ; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve , Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 20.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16907; 2♀, Thiruvananthapuram district , Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve , Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 5.xii.2021, Coll. P.Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19685 & 19686 .

Diagnosis. Body length 9.5–11.3 mm. Median extension of clypeus rounded ( Fig. 30 ); mandible without preapical denticle, apex rounded ( Fig. 30 ); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina ( Fig. 32 ); metanotum coarsely punctate ( Fig. 32 ); dorsal side of propodeum with areola subrectangular, area outside areola imbricate ( Fig. 32 ); mesopleuron with large punctures in median area ( Fig. 33 ); posterior propodeum with median carina; wings darkly infumated at more than half of basal area, apex hyaline ( Fig. 35 ); legs fully black ( Figs 28, 31 ); hind basitarsus with short groove on inner face.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in posterior side of propodeum compared to the description of Allen (1975). Posterior side of propodeum with median carina in the specimens examined, while posterior side of propodeum without median carina according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Kerala (new record), Meghalaya.

Figures

FIGURES 24–27. Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, ♀. Type. 24. Habitus, lateral view; 25. Habitus, dorsal view; 26. Head, frontal view; 27. Label.

FIGURES 28–37. Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigmaAllen & Jaynes, ♀. 28. Habitus, lateral view; 29. Head, frontal view; 30. Clypeus; 31 Habitus, dorsal view; 32. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 33. Mesosoma, lateral view; 34. Antenna; 35. Forewing, dorsal view; 36. Metasoma, dorsal view; 37. Metasoma, lateral view.