Tiphia (Tiphia) canaliculata Cameron, 1902

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

4. Tiphia (Tiphia) canaliculata Cameron, 1902

( Figs 38–47 )

Tiphia canaliculata Cameron, 1902a: 87 . Lectoholotype, ♂, Khasia , India (NHMUK).

Tiphia spinosa Cameron, 1902b: 237 ; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 100.

Tiphia denticula Cameron, 1904: 284 .

Tiphia (Tiphia) canaliculata ; Allen, 1969: 383.

Tiphia (Tiphia) canaliculata ; Allen, 1975: 8.

Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Deoban forest (30°44′46″N & 77°51′00″E, 2242m), 19.vii.2010, Coll. Sudhir Singh, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.12777 .

Diagnosis. Body length 9.4 mm. Mandible with preapical denticle ( Fig. 40 ); median extension of clypeus emarginated ( Fig. 40 ); clypeal disc imbricate-punctate with apex smooth ( Fig. 40 ); dorsal side of pronotum with anterior transverse carina ( Fig. 42 ); lateral side of pronotum without distinct transdiscal groove ( Fig. 43 ); areola inside with indistinct reticulations ( Fig. 42 ); marginal cell of fore wing less in apical extension than second cubital cell ( Fig. 45 ); Gs 5 without lateral denticle; Gs 6 without median tuft of fine setae ( Fig. 47 ).

Female. Unknown.

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

Figures

FIGURES 38–47. Tiphia (Tiphia) canaliculata Cameron, ♂. 38. Habitus, lateral view; 39. Head, frontal view; 40. Clypeus; 41 Habitus, dorsal view; 42. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 43. Mesosoma, lateral view; 44. Antenna; 45. Forewing, dorsal view; 46. Metasoma, dorsal view; 47. Metasoma, lateral view.