Tiphia (Tiphia) Hanima, Kumar & Hegde, 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Hanima, Raveendran K. P.
name: Kumar, Girish
name: Hegde, Vishwanath D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tiphiidae
Tiphia

description: 31. Tiphia (Tiphia) novus Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov.
(Figs 421–431)
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Material examined: 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Idukki district, Pampadum shola National Park, Vattavada (1008′01″N & 7715′35″E, 1893 m), 26.v. 2014, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17854; 1♀, Kasargode district, Ranipuram (12°25′19″N & 75°21′06″N, 925 m), 22.i.2020, Coll. Swafvan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19331.
Diagnosis. Female. Clypeus basally with punctures and apically smooth, median extension rounded (Fig. 423); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove (Fig. 425); metanotum laterally coarsely punctured and medially almost smooth without punctures (Fig. 424); dorsal side of propodeum with areola 2.3 × apical width; pygidium strongly rugose towards apex (Fig. 426); hind basitarsus with groove (Fig. 427).
Description. Holotype, ♀. Body length 8.8 mm. Paratype, ♀. Body length 8.8 mm.
Colour. Body black, following orange red markings: tegula (Fig. 424), tarsal segments (Fig. 421), middle part of mandible (Fig. 423), and apical part of pygidium (Fig. 426).
Head. Head with medium sized punctures concentrated adjacently in lower frontal area compared to the sparsely arranged punctures in the upper frontal area; HW 1.6 × least distance between eyes; mandible without strong preapical denticle (Fig. 423); clypeus with its median extension rounded and basally with punctures and apically smooth (Fig. 423); antenna with shiny scape with punctures, almost half of pedicel and first flagellomere smooth without punctures, second flagellomere at extreme apex bare and smooth, other segments with thick setae (Fig. 428); length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10 = 0.538: 0.180: 0.188: 0.212: 0.224: 0.241: 0.248: 0.255: 0.263: 0.259: 0.249: 0.482 (Fig. 428).
Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly without carina, most of the area with punctures and impunctate area posteriorly (Fig. 424); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove, smooth with faint aciculations above the groove and striations below (Fig. 425); length of tegulae 1.4 × as long as its middle width (Fig. 424); mesoscutum with its notauli not connected to anteriomedian escarpment, punctures closely placed in the middle area and sparsely in other areas (Fig. 424); scutellum with large punctures on posterior margin and small ones at anterior part; metanotum laterally coarsely punctured and medially almost smooth without punctures (Fig. 424); dorsal side of propodeum entirely finely imbricate with small scattered punctures, submarginal carina absent on lateral side (Fig. 424); lateral carina of areola convex towards basal portion and straight in apical portion, areolar carina without crenulations, length of areola 2.1 × basal width and 2.3 × apical width (Fig. 424); upper part of lateral side of propodeum with uniformely spaced rugulae and lower part imbricate (Fig. 425); fore wing slightly yellowish infumate (Fig. 429); hind basitarsus with groove (Fig. 427). Length of mesososma: 3.1 mm.
Metasoma. All tergites with punctures (Fig. 430); pygidium strongly rugoso-striate apically, without punctures, basally punctate (Fig. 426). Length of mesososma: 4.1 mm.
Male. Unknown.
Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to T. (T.) ordinaria Smith in the following features: dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina, hind basitarsus with groove, Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina, but this new species differs from T. (T.) ordinaria in the following features: dorsal side of pronotum without strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly (in T. (T.) ordinaria, dorsal side of pronotum with strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly); scutum with anteromedian groove and notauli not connected (in T. (T.) ordinaria, scutum with anteromedian groove and notauli strongly connected); metanotum laterally coarsely punctured and medially almost smooth without punctures (in T. (T.) ordinaria, metanotum entirely coarse punctate); trochanter, femor and tibia of mid and hind legs black (in T. (T.) ordinaria, trochanter, femur and tibia of mid and hind legs black dark brownish red); pygidium strongly rugoso-striate apically (in T. (T.) ordinaria, Pygidium entirely rugose to apex).
Distribution. India: Kerala.
Etymology. The specific name novus is derived from the word ‘novel,’ which means new.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-106 in Zootaxa 5204 (1) on pages 81-83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194