Tiphia (Tiphia) pigmentata Allen & Jaynes 1930
Creators: name: Han, Qian
name: Wang, He-Sheng
name: Chen, Bin
name: Li, Ting-Jing
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Tiphiidae
Tiphia
Tiphia pigmentata

description: Tiphia (Tiphia) pigmentata Allen & Jaynes, 1930
(Figs 50–54)
Tiphia (Tiphia) pigmentata Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 88; Hedicke, 1936: 21; Allen, 1969: 406; He et al., 2004: 936; Boni Bartalucci, 2010: 115.
Material examined. 1♀, China, Guangxi prov., Tianlin County, Qinwanglao Mountain, Malan Ditch, 24°17’40”N, 106°13’41”E, 2058 m, 17.VIII.–22.VIII.2014, Xiang Li (CNU); 2♀ 1♁, China, Sichuan prov., Xichang City, Kaiyuan Country, 27°52’41”N, 102°07’12”E, 1986 m, 13.VIII.2020, Lingzhi Zhao (CNU); 1♀, China, Yunnan prov., Mengxiu Country, Tuanjie Village, 23°59’42”N, 97°51’27”E, 758 m, 30.IV.2013, Qiang Li (YNAU); 1♀, China, Chongqing City, Jiangjin District, Simianshan Town, Pingshan Reservoir, 28°38’20”N, 106°25’34”E, 1346 m, 26.VIII.2017, Wenbo Fu (CNU); 1♀, China, Yunnan prov., Honghe Prefecture, Mengzi City, Qilubai Country, Baimengkong Village, 23°11’58”N, 103°31’19”E, 1486 m, 4.VIII.2006, Hesheng Wang (YNAU); 1♀, China, Yunnan prov., Nujiang Prefecture, Lushui County, Luzhang Town, Langba Village, 25°57’38”N, 98°46’10”E, 1886 m, 16.IX.2020, Yanqiong Peng (CNU); 22♁, China, Sichuan prov., Liangshan Prefecture, Xichang City, Mianning County, Haha Country, 28°30’32”N, 102°06’22”E, 1908 m, 12.VIII.2020, Lingzhi Zhao (YNAU); 8♁, China, Sichuan prov., Liangshan Prefecture, Xichang City, Mianning County, Chengxiang Town, Chayao Village, 28°35’31”N, 102°14’2.4”E, 2073 m, 11.VIII.2020, Xiangping Liao (CNU); 1♁, China, Yunnan prov., Dali City, Yunlong County, 25°53’8.6”N, 99°22’13”E, 1645 m, 8.VIII.2011, Xin Zhou (CNU); 1♀, China, Guizhou prov., Tongren City, Yinjiang County, Ziwei Town, 27°57’0”N, 108°36’58”E, 960 m, 11.VIII.–11.IX.2021, Xiaoxue Quan (CNU).
First description of male. (Fig. 50) Body length 5.1–6.3 mm, forewing length 3.9–4.2 mm.
Color. Body almost black, with long brown setae; mandible (Fig. 51) reddish brown; fore and mid tibiae, and tarsi brown; upper part of tegula dark brown and lower part brown; wings (Fig. 50) infuscate, pterostigma and veins dark brown.
Head. Mandible (Fig. 51) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus (Fig. 51) with coarse and dense punctures, apex medially slightly emarginated (some truncated); W: OW: L: IOD=10: 5.3: 5.1: 6.6; OOD: POD: Od=10: 9.2: 4.3; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=5.3: 5.3: 4: 10: 5.4; frons (Fig. 51) without medial longitudinal narrow groove and carina, lower half with dense punctures, somewhat reticulate, upper half with sparser punctures; vertex with sparse punctures, interspaces smooth.
Mesosoma. Pronotal anterior carina (Fig. 50) complete, anterior half of pronotum with small and sparse punctures, posterior half smooth; pronotum latero-ventrally with dense oblique striae; mesoscutum medially with dense punctures, laterally sparser; mesopleuron with dense minute punctures, somewhat reticulate; mesoscutellum (Fig. 52) with sparse punctures; metanotum with a few scattered and minute punctures; propodeal dorsal face (Fig. 52) with dense crenulations and submarginal carina, posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola (Fig. 52) subtrapezoidal, distinctly convergent posteriorly, APWL =3.4: 1.9: 4.7, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 1/2 of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally with dense long oblique wrinkles, ventrally coriaceous; 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. 50) not exceeding second submarginal cell.
Metasoma. T 1 (Fig. 50) with a few scattered and shallow punctures; S1 (Fig. 54) anteriorly with coarse punctures, medially and posteriorly smooth; S1 with lateral groove on posterior half; T 2 antero-laterally with costate transverse depression (Fig. 50), medially obsolete; T 2 (Fig. 50) with sparse punctures; T 3– T 6 and S2–S6 with dense punctures; S5 (Fig. 53) with lateral denticle, nearly longitudinal and slightly curved inwards, without deep orifice.
Female. Body length 10.1–12.3 mm, forewing length 6.8–7.9 mm. Mandible and tegula dark red; mid and hind femora bright red; clypeus basally with coarse punctures and apically smooth, apex medially truncated; mandible without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 3.5: 6: 5.7; OOD: POD: Od=10: 6.6: 4.4; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=10: 5.3: 2.6: 5.6: 6.4; lower frons with coarse dense punctures, upper frons with sparse punctures; frons and vertex with coriaceous interspaces between punctures; pronotal anterior carina absent; pronotum latero-ventrally with complete groove and deep punctures in middle, area above groove smooth, area below groove with dense oblique striae; mesoscutum with dense punctures, anterior medial groove separated from notaulus; 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 strongly sinuous; lateral carina of propodeal areola parallel posteriorly, providing rectangular shape, APWL =2: 2: 1, medial longitudinal carina approaching posterior of areola; surface of propodeal areola smooth; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally with dense long oblique wrinkles, ventrally with coarse and dense punctures; subposterior area of T 1 close to apex and with one transverse row of punctures; S1 with lateral groove on posterior half; anterior half of pygidium with dense punctures, and posterior half smooth.
Distribution. China (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan,).
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 5284 (1) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7918890