Tiphia (Tiphia) toreuta Boni Bartalucci 2010
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 toreuta

description: Tiphia (Tiphia) toreuta Boni Bartalucci, 2010, new record
(Figs 125–135)
Tiphia (Tiphia) toreuta Boni Bartalucci, 2010: 114–115, 136.
Material examined. 1♀ 1♁, China, Yunnan prov., Jinghong City, Menghai County, Bulang Mountain (Malaise trap), 21°59’22”N, 100°25’54”E, 739m, 24.VIII.–23.IX.2018, Yongsheng Pu (YNAU).
Diagnosis. Female (Fig. 125). Body length 8.8 mm, forewing length 6.5 mm. Mandible (Fig. 127) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus (Fig. 128) basally with dense punctures and apically smooth, apex medially somewhat emarginated; upper frons and vertex with sparser punctures than lower frons (Figs 127, 129); pronotal anterior carina absent, anterior half of pronotum (Fig. 131) with sparse punctures, posterior half impunctate; pronotum latero-ventrally (Fig. 133) with distinct groove in middle, area above groove smooth, area below groove with dense oblique striae; tegula (Fig. 131) 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 (Fig. 125) sinuous; propodeal dorsal face laterally (Fig. 131) with regularly strong sculpture outside areola; lateral carina of propodeal areola (Fig. 131) subparallel posteriorly, providing rectangular shape, APWL=2.7: 1.9: 5.4, medial longitudinal carina approaching posterior margin of areola; S1 (Fig. 134) with sparse shallow punctures and posterolateral groove; anterior half of pygidium (Fig. 135) with dense punctures, posterior half smooth.
Male (Fig. 126). Body length 10.3 mm, forewing length 6.5 mm. Mandible (Fig. 128) with preapical denticle and obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus (Fig. 128) with dense punctures, apex medially emarginated; lower frons (Fig. 128) with dense punctures, upper frons almost impunctate, with several sparse punctures; vertex (Fig. 130) with relatively sparser punctures; pronotal anterior carina complete; pronotum latero-ventrally with weak groove in middle, area above groove smooth, area below groove with dense oblique striae; mesopleuron with moderate punctures, almost evenly spaced; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing (Fig. 126) slightly exceeding second submarginal cell; posterior transverse carina of propodeal areola (Fig. 132) absent, areola (Fig. 132) subrectangular, APWL=4.1: 4.9: 5.7, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 1/2 of areola; T2–T6 with sparse punctures; S1 anteriorly with sparse punctures and posterolaterally with groove; S5 with lateral denticle, and without deep orifice.
Distribution. China (Yunnan); Thailand.
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 36-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7918890