Tiphia (Tiphia) taiwana Ishikawa, 1967

Han, Qian, Wang, He-Sheng, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the nominotypical subgenus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from China, with three new species and a key to the Chinese species, Zootaxa 5284 (1), pp. 1-43 : 23-25

Tiphia (Tiphia) taiwana Ishikawa, 1967

( Figs 55–59 )

Tiphia taiwana Ishikawa, 1967: 294–296 .

Tiphia (Tiphia) taiwana Ishikawa: Tsuneki, 1986a: 41–42.

Material examined. 1♀, 1♁, China, Zhejiang prov., Lin’an City, Xitianmu Mountain , 30°19’16”N, 119°26’51”E, 375 m, 14.VIII–10.IX.2011, Hui Pan ( CNU) .

First description of male. ( Fig. 55 ) Body length 9.5 mm, forewing length 6.2 mm.

Color. Body almost black, with long pale brown setae; mandible ( Fig. 56 ) and tegula dark red; flagellum, fore tibia and tarsus brown; wings infuscate, pterostigma and veins dark brown.

Head. Mandible ( Fig. 56 ) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 56 ) laterally with coarse and dense punctures, medially sparser, apex medially emarginated in middle; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 5.1: 5.1: 6; OOD: POD: Od=10: 9: 7; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=5: 4.7: 2.1: 10: 7.1; lower frons ( Fig. 56 ) with dense punctures, upper frons with sparser punctures; vertex ( Fig. 57 ) with smaller and sparser punctures than upper frons, interspaces coriaceous.

Mesosoma . Pronotal anterior carina complete, anterior half of pronotum with moderate punctures, posterior half smooth; pronotum latero-ventrally ( Fig. 58 ) with distinct groove in middle, area above groove smooth, area below groove with a few oblique striae; mesoscutum with sparse punctures, punctures gradually denser from anterior to posterior area; mesopleuron ( Fig. 58 ) with small and sparse punctures; mesoscutellum and metanotum ( Fig. 59 ) with sparse punctures; horizontal area of propodeal dorsal face ( Fig. 59 ) with irregularly transverse striae, oblique area impunctate and without submarginal carina, posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola ( Fig. 59 ) rectangular, APWL =2.7: 2.6: 4.7, medial longitudinal carina extending posterior margin of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally ( Fig. 58 ) with sparse long oblique wrinkles, ventrally smooth; posterior surface of propodeum with coarse and dense punctures, without short medial longitudinal carina; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing ( Fig. 55 ) distinctly exceeding second submarginal cell.

Metasoma. Anterior half of T 1 ( Fig. 55 ) with sparse shallow punctures; subposterior area of T 1 close to apex and slightly depressed, with 2–3 transverse rows of punctures; anterior area of S1 close to middle strongly arched, with a few coarse punctures, and without posterolateral groove; T 2 anteriorly with costate transverse depression ( Fig. 55 ), close to middle with dense punctures, posteriorly smooth; T 3– T 6 with dense punctures; S2–S6 with moderate punctures, almost evenly spaced; S5 with lateral denticle, without deep orifice.

Female. Body length 16.7 mm, forewing length 7.1 mm. Mid and hind trochanter, femora, and tibiae bright red; mandible without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus with coarse punctures, apex medially emarginated; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 3.9: 5.8: 5.8; OOD: POD: Od=10: 7.4: 3.6; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=10: 5.1: 2.7: 6.1: 6; lower frons with dense punctures, upper frons with sparse punctures; pronotal anterior carina absent; pronotum latero-ventrally with interrupted groove in middle, without deep punctures; mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum with sparse punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; inner face of hind basitarsus medially with longitudinal groove; second intercubital vein of forewing sinuous; lateral carina of propodeal areola parallel posteriorly, providing rectangular shape, APWL =1.8: 2.5: 5.7, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 3/4 of areola; surface of propodeal areola smooth; subposterior area of T 1 close to apex and slightly depressed, with irregularly scattered punctures; S1 anteriorly without medial longitudinal carina, with posterolateral groove; T 3– T 5 anteriorly with dense punctures, punctures gradually sparser from anterior to posterior area; anterior half of pygidium with dense punctures, and posterior half impunctate.

Distribution. China (Hebei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Taiwan).

Figures

FIGURES 55–59. Tiphia (Tiphia) taiwana Ishikawa, ♁. 55. Habitus, dorsal view; 56. Head, frontal view; 57. Vertex, dorsal view; 58. Mesosoma, lateral view; 59. Mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view.