Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae 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 : 15

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scientific name	Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae Allen, 1975
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2. Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae Allen, 1975

( Figs 11–20 View FIGURES 11–20 )

Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae Allen, 1975: 47–49 . Holotype, ♂, Lothar near Birganj, Nepal (CERI).

Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur district, Manathana paddyfield (11°54’51″N & 75°45’13″E, 92 m), 13.i.2018, Coll. T. Biju, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13247 GoogleMaps . 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 28.xii.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13641 GoogleMaps . 4♂, 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. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13164 & 18182– 18184 GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Dehradun district, Garhi Cantt Area (30°21′37″N & 78°02′47″E, 750 m), 1.viii.1992, Coll. S.K. Gupta, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13165 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body length 4.9–6.2 mm. Front shagreened with setigerous punctures ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11–20 ); mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–20 ); clypeus with median extension emarginated, with coarse punctures ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–20 ); HW 1.86 × least distance between eyes; dorsal pronotal carina with longitudinal ridges ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 11–20 ); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 11–20 ); mesopleuron with large coarse punctures mixed with small ones ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 11–20 ); areola of propodeum keystone shaped, areolar carina without crenulations ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 11–20 ); metanotum with large, coarse punctures ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 11–20 ); antennae beneath yellowish orange ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 11–20 ); legs (except coxa) yellowish orange ( Figs 11, 14 View FIGURES 11–20 ); marginal cell of fore wing short, only slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 11–20 ); Gs 5 with lateral denticle.

Genitalia. Paramere spatula-shaped and covered with long hairs; digitus apically with beak like projection; cuspis not clearly visible; aedeagus folded completely ( Figs 21–23 View FIGURES 21–23 ).

Female. Unknown.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in HW and least distance between eyes compared to the description of Allen (1975). HW 1.86 × least distance between eyes in the specimens examined, while HW 2.2 × least distance between eyes according to Allen.

Distribution. India: Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal.