Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata 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 : 19

5. Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata Allen & Jaynes, 1930

( Figs 48–61 )

Tiphia capillata Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 47 . Holotype, ♀, Shillong , Meghalaya, India (USNM).

Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata ; Allen, 1975: 22–24.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Wayanad district, Muthanga (11°40′17″N & 76°22′06″E, 848 m), 13.x.2011, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17758 ; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Ponmudi , Seethatheertham (8°45′34″N & 77°07′01″E, 923 m), 5.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19729 .

Diagnosis. Body length 5.2 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 54 ); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina ( Fig. 56 ); lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove ( Fig. 57 ); posterior side of propodeum without median carina; clypeus, antennal segments, femora, tibiae and tarsi orange brown; tegula translucent orange; marginal cell of fore wing with outwardly directed straight spur ( Fig. 59 ); hind basitarsus without groove.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the following characters compared to the description of Allen (1975). Mandible without preapical denticle and dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina in the specimens examined, while mandible with minute, acute preapical denticle and dorsal pronotum with complete transverse carina according to Allen.

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

Figures

FIGURES 48–51. Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata Allen & Jaynes, ♀. Type. 48. Habitus, lateral view; 49. Habitus, dorsal view; 50. Head, frontal view; 51. Label.

FIGURES 52–61. Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata Allen & Jaynes, ♀. 52. Habitus, lateral view; 53. Head, frontal view; 54. Clypeus; 55. Habitus, dorsal view; 56. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 57. Mesosoma, lateral view; 58. Antenna; 59. Forewing, dorsal view; 60. Metasoma, dorsal view; 61. Metasoma, lateral view.