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13. Tiphia (Tiphia) decrescens Walker, 1859 (Figs 157–169) Tiphia decrescens Walker, 1859: 376 [♂, not ♀ as stated; Ceylon; Type in NHMUK]; Walker in Tennent, 1861: 454 [listed]; Motschulsky, 1863: 22 [listed]; Bingham, 1896: 431 [listed]; Dalla Torre, 1897: 135 [listed]; Turner, 1908b: 125 [synonymises ♂ T. nervosa Nurse and suggests it may be ♂ of T. policarinata Magretti] [listed]; Hedicke, 1936: 8 [listed]. Tiphia conscia Nurse, 1902: 81 [♀; Deesa; syntype series in BMHN]; Turner, 1908b: 124 [synonymised T. conscia under T. policarinata Magretti]. Tiphia (Tiphia) batorea Allen, 1975: 34–35. Holotype, ♂, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, South India (RNHM). Tiphia decrescens; Krombein, 1982: 42–45. Material examined: 1♂, INDIA: Gujarat, Ahmadabad district, Vastrapur (23°2′6″N & 72°31′45.48″E, 53 m), 24.xi.2018, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16592. 6♂, Karnataka, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Yadooru (16°34′31″N & 74°39′31″E, 537 m), 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18840–18844; 2♂, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Hulikal FRH (13°43′45″N & 75°01′08″E, 579 m), 16.xii.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19834 & 19835. 2♂, Kerala, Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulathupuzha (8°54′35″N & 77°03′37″E, 143 m), 9.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19640 & 19641; 1♂, Kasargode district, Panathady (12°27′22″N & 75°18′25″E, 141 m), 29.xi.2017, Coll. P.M. Rajan (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16544; 9♂, Kollam district, Shasthamkotta, D.B. College (9°02′027″N & 76°38′08″E, 19 m), 22.viii.2016, Coll. K.G. Emilyamma & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.16532–16540; 1♂, Kollam district, Shasthamkotta (9°02′27″N & 76°37′34″N, 4 m), 22.viii.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16541; 1♂, Kollam district, Shasthamkotta, Vettolikadavu (9°02′45″N & 76°37′12″E, 21 m), 26.ix.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16542; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Vilakottur (11°45′22″N & 75°39′06″E, 34m), 3.vi.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19146; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Paleri (11°37′22″N & 75°45′15″E, 27 m), 10.ix.2018, Coll. Shaju, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16543; 4♂, Kozhikode district, Nanminda (11°25′15″N & 75°49′53″E, 46 m), 16.x.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16545– 16548; 3♂, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 22.xi.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16549–16551; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Madappally (11°38′48″N & 75°34′13″E, 28 m), 14.vii.2019, Coll. K. Anju, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.16552; 1♂, Malappuram district, Kerala Forest Research Institute Campus, Nilambur (11°18′0.36″N & 76°15′1.44″E, 48 m), 29.ii.2020, Coll. Tessy Rajan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17934; 1♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala University Campus (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 28.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16553; 1♂, Thrissur district, Vallakkunnu (10°20′32″N & 76°15′53″E, 7 m), 20.xii.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.17849; 1♂, Wayanad district, Edavambam (1142′21.4128″N & 7620′12.0012″E, 848 m), 20.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17932. 11♂, Odisha, Puri district, Chilka Mugger Lake (19°46′30″N & 85°37′29″E, 10m), 10.ii.2017, Coll. S. Sheela, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.16593–16603. 14♂, Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Gundaru dam site (8°56′34″N & 77°12′49″E, 202 m), 3.x.2018, Coll. K.G. Emilyamma & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16555–16567; 6♂, Coimbatore district, Tholampalayam (11°11′24″N & 76°50′53″E, 404 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16569–16574; 2♂, Coimbatore district, Sethumadai (10°30′36″N & 76°52′51″E, 341 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16575 & 16576; 1♂, Coimbatore district, Kullanadimedu, near Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°25′23″N & 77°07′32″E, 1048 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17933; 5♂, Coimbatore district, Kottur (10°31′34″N & 76°58′35″E, 303 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16577–16581; 4♂, Coimbatore district, Valparai (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m), 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.16582–16584 & 17850; 4♂, Coimbatore district, Govanur (11°10′12″N & 76°50′51″E, 589m), 6.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13922, 16585–16587 & 19145; 2♂, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.16588 & 16589; 2♂, Kanyakumari district, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Keeriparai, (8°23′58″N & 77°24′36″E, 111 m), 14.ii.2020, Coll. Souvik Sen & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16590 & 16591. 3♂, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 20.vi.1995, Coll. Vinod Khanna & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16604–16606; 6♂, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.16607–16612; 2♂, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″ E, 682 m), 15.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16554 & 16613. Diagnosis. Body length 3.4–6.2 mm. Upper front with scattered punctures and lower front with contiguous punctures (Fig. 158); median extension of clypeus slightly emarginated (Fig. 159); clypeus with its basal part with small punctures and apical part with coarse large punctures, apical margin bordered with shagrrened sculptures (Fig. 159); dorsal side of pronotum with strong anterior transverse carina (Fig. 161); lateral side of pronotum with one curved groove (Fig. 162); metanotum with minute punctures (Fig. 161); marginal cell of fore wing almost equaling second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 164); Gs 6 with conspicuous tuft of dense setae (Fig. 166). Genitalia. Paramere spatula-shaped and rounded apically covered with long and short setae; digitus broad and apically sickle shaped; cuspis broad and sparse punctures; aedeagus short and fat (Figs 167–169). Female. Unknown. Distribution. India: Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala (new record), Odisha (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, Thailand., 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 37-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Walker, F. (1859) Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon Insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 4, 370 - 376. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935908697145","Tennent, J. E. 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34. Tiphia (Tiphia) quinquecarinata Cameron, 1904 (Figs 455–464) Tiphia quinquecarinata Cameron, 1904: 288, Lectotype, ♀, Khasia (OUM); Turner, 1908: 124. Tiphia (Tiphia) quinquecarinata; Allen, 1969: 398; Allen, 1975: 60–61. Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Vilakottur (11°45′22″N & 75°39′06″E, 34m), 25.viii.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15613; 1♀, Palakkad district, Parambikulam (10°26′56″N & 76°49′19″E, 586m), 27.xi.2018, Coll. M. Jafer Palot & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15612; 1♀, Palakkad district, Silent Valley National Park, Nilikkal (11°03′51″N & 76°32′16″E, 540m), 22.v.2016, Coll. Prashanth, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15614; 1♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19369; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanithadam (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 19.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15061; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar dam site (8°32′01″N & 77°08′56″E, 99 m), 16.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.15060; 2♀, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Kullanadimedu, near Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°25′23″N & 77°07′32″E, 1048 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15062 & 15063; 1♀, Coimbatore district, Govanur (11°10′12″N & 76°50′51″E, 589m), 6.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15615; 1♀, Coimbatore district, Govanur, Palamalai (11°09′27″N & 76°52′42″E, 765m), 6.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15616. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15617. Diagnosis. Body length 6.3–8.1 mm. Dorsal pronotal carina complete (Fig. 459); tegula elongate with basal half dark brown and apical half yellow and translucent (Fig. 459); mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notauli strongly connected (Fig. 459); metanotum with few punctures (Fig. 459); mesopleuron with scattered large coarse punctures anteriorly and minute punctures posteriorly (Fig. 460); propodeal areola with five distinct carinae (Fig. 459); antenna yellowish orange (Fig. 461); legs reddish brown to black (Figs 455, 458); hind basitarsus without groove. Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the density of dorsal pronotal carina, color tegula, legs and antennal flagellum compared to the description of Allen (1975). Dorsal pronotal carina complete; tegula with basal half dark brown and apical half yellow and translucent; legs reddish brown to black; antennal flagellum yellowish orange in the specimens examined, while dorsal pronotal carina not complete; tegula red; legs reddish brown; antennal flagellum dull red completely according to Allen. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Kerala (new record), Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand (new record)., 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 87-89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Cameron, P. (1904) On some species of Hymenoptera from Northern India. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 13, 281 - 289. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930409487070","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

37. Tiphia (Tiphia) sahyadriensis Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 486–495) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 571BCA76-F374-45F1-8002-26D7C1754BA3 Type material. Holotype, ♀, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Sadivayal, Siruvani (10°56′22″N & 76°44′52″E, 458 m), 5.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19124. Paratypes: 1♀, same collection data as that of holotype, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19125; 2♀, Coimbatore district, Kottur (10°31′34″N & 76°58′35″E, 303 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.19126 &19127. Diagnosis. Mandible without preapical denticle; median extension of clypeus bidentate; lateral side of pronotum with well-developed transdiscal groove; dorsal side of propodeum with submarginal carina; tegulae translucent orange; hind basitarsus without groove. Description. Holotype, ♀. Body length 6.3 mm. Paratypes, ♀. Body length 6.4–7.6 mm. Colour. Black except the following parts as follows: tibia of all legs (Fig. 486), antenna beneath (Fig. 486) and mandible reddish brown (Fig. 488); tegula reddish brown (Fig. 480) with apical small portion yellowish. Head. Head entirely uniformely punctate with medium sized punctures (Fig. 487); HW 1.54 × least distance between eyes; mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 488); clypeus with its median extension straight (Fig. 488); POD 2.27 × LOD and 0.8 × OOD; scape, pedicel and first flagellomere mostly shiny, setae sparse (Fig. 492); second flagellomere with its apical small region smooth and shiny; other flagellomeres with thick setae; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10 = 0.354: 0.139: 0.142: 0.150: 0.152: 0.152: 0.151: 0.152: 0.211: 0.218: 0.221: 0.294 (Fig. 492). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with strong carina, most of area with punctures and posterior area with impunctate area (Fig. 490); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove, aciculations above the groove and striations below (Fig. 491); tegula brown translucent with apical portion yellow translucent, length of tegula 1.37 × as long as its middle width (Fig. 490); mesoscutum with its notauli not connected to anteriomedian escarpment, punctures closely placed and distributed mainly in median area (Fig. 490); scutellum with large punctures on posterior margin and scattered ones at anterior part (Fig. 490); metanotum with punctures distributed mainly in lateral side (Fig. 490); dorsal side of propodeum entirely finely shagreened with small scattered punctures (Fig. 490), with strong submarginal carina laterally (Fig. 490); lateral carina of areola sigmoid in shape (Fig. 490); second cubital cell of fore wing with an outwardly directed straight spur (Fig. 493); hind tibiae inflated, inner side with evanescent carina, hind basitarsus without groove on inner surface. Length of mesosoma: 1.97 mm. Metasoma. All tergites smooth and shiny with punctures, distribution of punctures less in Gt 1 compared to others (Fig. 494); pygidium with basal lateral parts rugose punctuate and middle region with small punctures, apical half smooth (Fig. 494). Length of metasoma: 3.18 mm. Male. Unknown. Discussion. As per the key of Allen 1975, this new species comes close to Tiphia capillata Allen & Jaynes in having mandible without preapical denticle; clypeus bidentate; tegula translucent orange, hind basitarsus without groove, but this new species distinctly differs from T. (T.) capillata in the following characters: metanotum not densely punctate, with punctures on lateral side (in T. (T.) capillata, metanotum densely punctate); submarginal carina of dorsal side of propodeum present (in T. (T.) capillata, submarginal carina of dorsal side of propodeum absent); lateral side of pronotum with well-developed transdiscal groove (in T. (T.) capillata, lateral side of pronotum with weak or vestigial transdiscal groove). Distribution. India (Tamil Nadu). Etymology. The species name is derived from ‘Sahyadri’, the vernacular name for Western Ghats where the type specimens were collected., 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 91-94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

31. Tiphia (Tiphia) novus Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 421–431) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 38F0DBD7-9030-4708-9CB5-35A397EA3F16 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., 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, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

35. Tiphia (Tiphia) rajeevani Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 465–474) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A2B56491-2F7C-4819-8843-561477900287 Type material. Holotype, ♀, INDIA: Kerala, Idukki district, Thekkadi, Kumarikulam (9°43′00″N & 76°57′51″E, 1003 m), 6.ix.2018, Coll. P.C. Rajeevan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19123. Diagnosis. Mandible without preapical denticle; dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina; tegula translucent orange; hind basitarsus without groove. Description. Holotype, ♀. Body Length 6.48 mm. Colour. Body black except the following parts: tegula translucent orange (Fig. 469); tibiae and tarsi of all legs (Fig. 465), mandible except at apex (Fig. 467), apical half of clypeus (Fig. 467) and antennae beneath orange red (Fig. 468); wings hyaline, veins yellowish orange (Fig. 472). Head. Head irregularly punctate with coarse punctures (Fig. 466); vertex and side of occipital carina with strong shagreen sculptures weaken or faint towards upper front; HW 1.47 × least distance between eyes; clypeus with its median extension slightly bidentate, clypeal disk with basal half with coarse contiguous punctures, apical half smooth (Fig. 467); mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 467); POD 1.77 × LOD and 0.62 × OOD; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10 = 1.629: 0.618: 0.542: 0.677: 0.691: 0.610: 0.680: 0.676: 0.663: 0.660: 0.663: 1.199 (Fig. 471). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum with anterior transverse carina complete, uniformely spaced punctures except apex smooth (Fig. 469); lateral side of pronotum with vestigial transdiscal groove, aciculations on upper part above the groove and strong striations below the groove (Fig. 470); mesoscutum with coarse deep rugose punctures and impunctate area with reticulations (Fig. 469); scutellum with deep punctures laterally and medially with only 3 punctures (Fig. 469); tegula glossy without marginal groove and 1.32 × middle width (Fig. 469); metanotum with minute punctures laterally, impunctate medially (Fig. 469); lateral side of propodeum strongly regulate on upper area and lineolate on lower area (Fig. 470); dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina, entirely shagreened except areola, areola elongate with small crenulations from carinae of areola (Fig. 469); second cubital vein of fore wing straight (Fig. 472); hind basitarsus without longitudinal groove on inner surface. Length of mesosoma: 2.2 mm. Metasoma. Metasoma with uniformely spaced deep punctures (Fig. 473); preapical band of Gt 1 with rows of impressed and coalesced punctures (Fig. 473); pygidium with sparse coarse punctures basally and shagreened apically, faints and smooth towards posteriorly. Length of metasoma: 3.35 mm. Male. Unknown. Discussion. As per the key of Allen 1975, this new species comes close to Tiphia capillata Allen & Jaynes in having mandible without preapical denticle, translucent orange tegula, dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina, hind basitarsus without groove, but this new species distinctly differs from T. (T.) capillata in the following characters: upper frons almost uniformly punctate (in T. (T.) capillata, upper frons broadly impunctate); dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina (in T. (T.) capillata, dorsal side of pronotum without complete transverse carina); lateral side of propodeum strongly rugulate (in T. (T.) capillata, lateral side of propodeum weakly rugulate); marginal cell of fore wing without spur (in T. (T.) capillata, marginal cell of fore wing with outwardly directed straight spur). Distribution. India: Kerala. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Mr. P.C. Rajeevan in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of natural history and taxonomy of ornithology of Kerala., 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 page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

25. Tiphia (Tiphia) lyrata Magretti, 1892 (Figs 328–350) Tiphia lyrata Magretti, 1892: 252. Type, ♀, Burma [Myanmar], in MCNM; Bingham, 1897: 57; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 46. Tiphia (Tiphia) lyrata; Allen, 1975: 65–67. Material examined: 2♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Yadooru (16°34′31″N & 74°39′31″E, 537 m), 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18845–18846; 1♀, Udupi district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Heddarimane (13°24′41″N & 74°44′44″E, 9 m), 31.viii.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18847.1 ♀, Kerala, Ernakulam district, Vytila (9°58′5.52″N & 76°19′5.52″E), 20.iv.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.14901; 6♂, Idukki district, Mayiladumpara (9°53′07″N & 77°09′27″E, 1064 m), 26.x.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18074–18078 & 18907; 2♀, Idukki district, Kulamavu (9°47′31.2″N & 76°53′11.4″E, 724 m), 26.xi.2019, Coll. Mercy, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15637–15638; 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.15639; 1♀, Kasargode district, Ranipuram (12°25′19″N & 75°21′06″N, 925 m), 17.xii.2017, Coll. P.M. Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15641; 2♀, Kasargode district, Panathady (12°27′22″N & 75°18′25″E, 141 m), 29.xi.2017, Coll. P.M. Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15642 & 17311; 1♀, Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulathupuzha (8°54′35″N & 77°03′37″E, 143 m), 9.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19730–19037; 2♀, Kollam district, Sasthamkotta (9°02′27″N & 76°37′34″N, 4 m), 22.viii.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13639 & 14902; 1♀, Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulathupuzha (8°54′35″N & 77°03′37″E, 143 m), 9.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20035; 23♂, Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulathupuzha (8°54′35″N & 77°03′37″E, 143 m), 9.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20036–20058; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Vilakottur (11°45′22″N & 75°39′06″E, 34m), 21.x.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.20441; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Elathur (11°20′21″N & 75°44′26″N, 13 m), 15.ii.2020, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15640; 8♀, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam (11°33′27″ N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 22.xi.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.14900& 15626–15632; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Nanminda (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 16.x.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17310; 2♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 4.i.2022, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.20031 & 20032; 2♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 24.v.2019, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13923 & 13924; 1♀, Malappuram district, Wandoor (11°11′36″N & 76°14′17″E, 33 m), 27.iv.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15643; 2♀, Malappuram district, Kerala Forest Research Institute Campus, Nilambur (11°18′0.36″N & 76°15′1.44″E, 48 m), 29.ii.2020, Coll. Tessy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15635 & 15636; 1♀, Palakkad district, Silent Valley National Park (11°03′51″N & 76°32′16″E, 540m) 12.iii.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18212; 1♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19368; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Ananirathi (8°32′02″N & 77°08′59″E, 96m), 16.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19122; 2♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala University Campus (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 27.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15633 & 15634; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15644; 3♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaalippara, near temple side (8°31′35″N & 77°08′32″E, 168 m), 3.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19687– 19689; 7♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaalippara, (8°31′35″N & 77°08′32″E, 168 m), 3.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.20434–20440; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Peppara dam site (8°37′21″N & 77°08′12″E, 98 m), 4.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19692. 9♀, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Tholampalayam (11°11′24″N & 76°50′53″E, 404 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.14899& 15618–15625 & 17308; 2♀, Coimbatore district, Kullanadimedu, near Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°25′23″N & 77°07′32″E, 1048 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15645 & 15646; 20♀, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15647–15665 & 17924; 1♀, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 28.xii.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17305; 2♀, Coimbatore district, Valparai (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m), 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.13640 & 17304; 2♀, Coimbatore district, Kottur (10°31′34″N & 76°58′35″E, 303 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17306 & 17307; 1♂, Coimbatore district, Tholampalayam (11°11′24″N & 76°50′53″E, 404 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18908; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17309. 3♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 18.viii.1994, Coll. Arun Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.12997 & 17298 & 17299; 1♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 29.viii.1994, Coll. Arun Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17300; 1♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 20.vi.1995, Coll. Vinod Khanna & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17302; 1♀, Dehradun district, Rajpur (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 15.viii.1993, Coll. Surinder, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.17301; 2♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17303, 17925. Description: ♂ (male is hitherto unknown; description is based on the specimen from Kulathupuzha, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, mating pairs are collected from field (Fig. 351)). Diagnosis. Mandible with small preapical denticle; lateral side of pronotum with broad transdiscal groove; marginal cell of fore wing only slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension; dorsal side of propodeum outside areola shagreened; Gs 6 with tuft of setae. Colour. Body black except tibia and tarsi of fore and mid legs brownish (Fig. 328); palpi and middle region of mandible light brown (Figs 328, 330); antennae beneath orange red (Fig. 328); posterior margin of dorsal side of pronotum yellow (Fig. 332); tegula with upper half black and lower half yellow (Fig. 332); fore wing yellowish hyaline (Fig. 335); vestiture mixed with white light brown colour (Fig. 328). Head. Front broadly shagreened with setigerous punctures (Fig. 329); median extension of clypeus bidentate (Fig. 330); mandible with small preapical denticle; HW 2.25 × least distance between eyes; POD 2.25 × LOD and 1.01 × OOD; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10: Fu 11 = 0.298: 0.148: 0.168: 0.168: 0.175: 0.182: 0.190: 0.191: 0.192: 0.193: 0.193: 0.194: 0.245 (Fig. 334). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum broadly shagreened with complete anterior transverse carina bordered by short ridges (Fig. 332); lateral side of pronotum with broad transdiscal groove, with aciculations on upper part above the groove and ridges below the groove (Fig. 333); mesopleuron anteriorly with confluent punctures and posteriorly mixed with large and small punctures (Fig. 333); tegula 1.4 × as long as middle width; metanotum with scattered small punctures (Fig. 332); dorsal side of propodeum besides areola entirely reticulated, areola keystone shaped and 2 × as long as apical width (Fig. 332); lateral side of propodeum with strong, widely spaced rugulae (Fig. 333); marginal cell of fore wing slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 335); hind tibia on inside with long, strong carina. Length of mesosoma: 2.06 mm. Metasoma. Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 336); Gt 1 and Gt 2 smooth and shining with sparse puctures, others imbricate with almost uniformly spaced punctures (Fig. 336); Gs 5 with appressed lateral denticle (Fig. 337); Gs 6 with tuft of setae (Fig. 337). Length of metasoma: 4.08 mm. Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk and apical rounded part covered with setae; digitus with basal portion wider and apical part slender and with beak-like projection; cuspis slender; aedeagus stout (Figs 338–340). Diagnosis. Female. Body length 9.7–14.9 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 343); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 346); mesoscutum with anteromedian escarpment and notaulices not connected (Fig. 345); metanotum with few scattered punctures (Fig. 345); dorsal side of propodeum with distinct submarginal carina between areola and lateral margin (Fig. 345); areola of propodeum with five carinae, 2 nd and 4 th not complete (Fig. 345); posterior side of propodeum without carana; marginal cell of fore wing without apical spur (Fig. 348); hind basitarsus without groove. Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the following characters compared to the description of Allen (1975). Mesoscutum with anteromedian escarpment and notaulices connected and marginal cell of fore wing with apical spur directed inwardly toward coastal margin in the specimens examined, while mesoscutum with anteromedian escarpment and notaulices not connected and marginal cell of fore wing without apical spur according to Allen. Distribution. India (new record): Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Myanmar., 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 64-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Magretti, P. (1892) Viaggio di Leonarda Fea in Birmanie e regioni vicine, XLIII: Imenotteri, parte prima, Mutillidei, Scoliidei, Tifiidei, Tinnidei colla descrizione di parecchie nuove specie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturelle di Genova, Series 2, 12, 197 - 266, 1 pl.","Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenoptera, 1 (Wasps and Bees). s. n., London, 579 pp., 189 figs., 4 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738","Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

18. Tiphia (Tiphia) hyalina Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 219–231) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C2295EEA-C373-47CD-B171-A4D9BFC0DCA2 Type material. Holotype, 1♂, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Gundaru dam site (8°56′34″N & 77°12′49″E, 202 m), 3.x.2018, Coll. K.G. Emilyamma & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18079; Paratypes: 4♂, same collection locality as that of holotype, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18080–18083 & 18909. 2♂, Karnataka, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Hulikal FRH (13°43′45″N & 75°01′08″E, 579 m), 5.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19330; 1♂, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Yadooru (16°34′31″N & 74°39′31″E, 537 m), 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19152; 1♂, Thirunelveli district, Rosemiyapuram (8°21′08″N & 77°33′59″E, 119 m), 27.ix.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18910. Diagnosis. Clypeal extension bidentate with disc coarsely punctate basally, smooth apically; mandible without preapical denticle; fore wing hyaline with marginal cell greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension; areola 1.86 × as long as apical width; Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina; Gs 5 with lateral denticle. Description. Holotype, ♂. Body length 7.12 mm. Paratypes, ♂. Body length: 6.12–8.1 mm. Colour. Body black with other parts as follows: Tegula with upper part dark brownish and lower part yellowish (Fig. 223); veins brownish (Fig. 226); antenna beneath (Fig. 225), palpi (Fig. 221) and tarsi of fore and mid legs light brown (Fig. 219). Head. Head irregularly punctate with coarse punctures, punctures adjacently placed on lower frons than upper frons (Fig. 220); HW 1.9 × least distance between eyes; POD 2.47 × LOD and 1.24 × OOD; median extension of clypeus bidentate (Fig. 221); mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 221); length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10: Fu 11 = 0.296: 0.106: 0.130: 0.152: 0.152: 0.153: 0.151: 0.154: 0.152: 0.153: 0.155: 0.154: 0.388 (Fig. 225). Mesosoma. Anterior pronotal carina of dorsal side of pronotum with long buttressing ridges (Fig. 223); pronotum, mesoscutum and metanotum with moderate sized punctures; lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove, upper part with aciculations, lower part with ridges (Fig. 224); tegulae with length 1.3 × its middle width (Fig. 223); areola of propodeum tricarinate with length 1.86 × apical width and 1.25 × basal width, median carina of areola extending to apex (Fig. 223); dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina (Fig. 223); mesopleuron anteriorly with coarse punctures and posteriorly with small punctures (Fig. 224); lateral side of propodeum on upper part with widely spaced rugulae (Fig. 224); fore wing with marginal cell greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 226); wings hyaline (Fig. 226). Length of mesosoma: 1.93 mm. Metasoma. Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina and with sparse less punctures, other tergites with almost uniformely arranged punctures (Fig. 227); metasoma 1.8 × mesosoma; Gs 5 with lateral denticle; Gs 6 with sparse setae (Fig. 228). Length of metasoma: 3.35 mm. Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk and rounded flat apex covered with setae; digitus pointed apically; cuspis slender and beak-like apically and covered with short setae; aedeagus folded completely (Figs 229–231). Female. Unknown. Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to T. (T.) nathani Allen in the following characters: clypeal extension bidentate; mandible without acutely pointed preapical denticle; metanotum coarsely punctate; Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina but this new species distinctly differs from T. (T.) nathani as follows: fore wing hyaline (in T. (T.) nathani, fore wing densely infumate); marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (in T. (T.) nathani, marginal cell of fore wing moderately longer than second cubital cell in apical extension); dorsum of metanotum without trace of median carina (in T. (T.) nathani, dorsum of metanotum with trace of median carina); anterior punctures of preapical band not coalesced and not bordered by transverse escarpment (in T. (T.) nathani, preapical band with punctures coalesced anteriorly where they are bordered by faint transverse escarpment); antennal flagellum yellowish orange beneath (in T. (T.) nathani, antennal flagellum completely black. Distribution. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu. Etymology. The species name is derived from the hyaline character of fore wing., 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 47-49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

30. Tiphia (Tiphia) nilgiria Allen, 1975 (Figs 405–420) Tiphia (Tiphia) nilgiria Allen, 1975: 31–33. Holotype, ♂, Nilgiri Hills, India (NMNH). Material examined: 1♂, INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar district, Pari Mahal (34°04′48″N & 74°52′41″E, 1760m), 10.x.2020, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18215. 2♂, Karnataka, Shimoga district, Hosagadde, near Kudajadri (13°51′45″ N & 74°52′30″E, 1130 m), 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17312 & 17313; 2♂, Shimoga district, Agumbae (13°30′14″N & 75°05′18″E, 681 m), 27.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17314 & 17315; 2♂, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17316–17318; 3♂, Kodagu district, Bettathur, near Madikkeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.17319–17321; 4♂, Kodagu district, Bettathur, near Madikkeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 24.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17322–17325; 1♂, Chikmagalur district, Bygoor, Kabbinhalli Coffee Estate (13°19′34″N & 75°42′40″E, 1137 m), 26.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18258. 2♂, Kerala, Ernakulam district, Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Kolumba (10°06′15″N & 76°42′01″E, 41 m), 5.ii.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17776 & 17777; 1♂, Idukki district, Iravikulam National Park, Rajamalai (10°18′22″N & 77°12′24″E, 596 m), 4.i. 2018, Coll. M. Jafer Palot & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17778; 8♂, Idukki district, Kulamavu (9°47′31.2″N & 76°53′11.4″E, 724m), 26.xi.2019, Coll. Mercy, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17071– 17078; 22♂, Kannur district, Kannapuram (11°58′04″N & 75°19′08″E, 7 m), 11.viii.2018, 5.vi.2018, 3.iii.2019, 17.iii.2019, 5.v.2019, 19.v.2019, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17034–17042 & 17926– 17928, 17043 & 17044, 17048–17050, 17775, 18257, 17045–17047; 1♂, Kannur district, Kannapuram Mangrooves (11° 58′ 04″ N & 75° 19′ 08″ E, 7 m), 6.v.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17769; 2♂, Kannur district, Thekkumbad dweep (11°58′35.4″N & 75°17′27.24″E), 19.v.2019, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17095 & 17096; 4♂, Kannur district, Chavachi (1155′20″N & 7547′32″E, 77 m), 24.iii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18253–18256; 5♂, Kannur district, Manathana paddyfield (11°54′51″N & 75°45′13″E, 92 m), 26.xi.2017, 28.xii.2017, 7.i.2018, 13.i.2018, Coll. T. Biju, ( ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17770–17774; 1♂, Kannur district, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58′04″N & 75°19′08″E, 7 m), 16.iii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17845; 8♂, Kasargode district, Ranipuram (12°25′19″N & 75°21′06″N, 925 m), 22.i.2020, Coll. Swafvan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17087–17094; 1♂, Kollam district, Monroe thuruth (8°59′49″N & 76°36′34″E, 2m), 1.ix.2019, Coll.Aseeb & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17779; 2♂, Kozhikode district, Edakkara (11°21′41.4″N & 76°35′24.72″E), 17.v.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.17079 & 17080; 2♂, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 8.xii.2015, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17081, 17843; 20♂, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 11.iii.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17051–17070; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Nanminda (11°25′15″N & 75°49′53″E, 46 m), 16.x.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17084; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Kovoor (11°16′14.16″N & 75°49′52.32″E, 31 m), 19.xii.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17082; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Peruvayal (11°15′45″N & 75°54′19″E, 16 m), 29.xii.2018, Coll. K. Rajmohana, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17083; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Jaferkhan Colony (11°15′41.184″N & 75°47′13.2″E), 14.v.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.17787; 26♂, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 24.v.2019, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17003–17027 & 18259; 11♂, Kozhikode district, Madappally (11°38′48″N & 75°34′13″E, 28 m), 7.ii.2020, 10.ii.2020, 25.iii.2020, 11.iv.2021, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17028–17033, 17790–17792, 17937 & 17938; 5♂, Kozhikode district, Kakkayam dam site (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 10.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17780–17784; 5♂, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 26.x.2018, 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17802 & 17803, 17785 & 17786, 19336; 2♂, Kozhikode district, Chengottukaavu (11°25′20.64″N & 11°25′20.64″N, 17 m), 30.iv.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17788 & 17789; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Paleri (11°37′22″N & 75°45′15″E, 27 m), 8.iii.2020, Coll. Shaju, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18560; 3♂, Kozhikode district, Kakkodi, Cherukulam (11°20′06″N & 75°46′20″E, 7 m), 19.xii.2021, 27.ii.2022, Coll. T. K. Viswanath, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19637, 20403 & 20404; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Moorad (11°33′54″N & 75°36′26″N, 9 m), 3.ii.2021, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19638; 10♂, Malappuram district, Kerala Forest Research Institute Campus, Nilambur (11°18′0.36″N & 76°15′1.44″E, 48 m), 29.ii.2020, Coll. Tessy Rajan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17793–17801, 18223; 2♂, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19366 & 19367; 2♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala University Campus (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 28.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17767 & 17768; 10♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16992–17001; 1♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Ananirathi (8°32′02″N & 77°08′59″E, 96 m), 15.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17002; 2♂, Wayanad district, Moolankavu (11°40′24″N & 76°17′21″N, 913 m), 24.xii.2017, 7.i.2018, Coll. Sreeraman, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17085 & 17086; 2♂, Wayanad district, Machikudi (11°40′24″N & 76°17′21″N, 913 m), 18.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17935 & 17936; 3♂, Wayanad district, Kuruva Island (1149′02″N & 7605′36″E, 714 m), 20.iii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17929 & 17930, 18561; 1♂, Wayanad district, Ponkuzhi (1141′15″N & 7623′26″E, 837 m), 7.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17931; 1♂, Wayanad district, Edavambam (1142′21.4128″N & 7620′12.0012″E, 848 m) 20.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18252. 2♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Valparai (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m), 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17326 & 17327; 1♂, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17328; 1♂, Coimbatore district, Sadivayal, Siruvani (10°56′22″N & 76°44′52″E, 458 m), 5.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.17329; 2♂, Nilgiri district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″ E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17330 & 17331; 1♂, Nilgiris district, Ooty, Emerald Heights Women College (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17844; 2♂, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 23.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17097 & 17939; 6♂, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 22.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20321–20325, 20427; 1♂, Thirunelveli district, Kuthiravetti, Ambasamudram (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 24.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17846. Diagnosis. Body length 4.8–9.2 mm. Mandible with strong preapical denticle (Fig. 411); dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina without buttressing ridges (Fig. 413); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove (Fig. 414); metanotal disc with sparse, minute punctures (Fig. 413); dorsal side of propodeum with transverse rugulae from lateral to areola (Fig. 413); fore wing with marginal cell equal to second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 416); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina. Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the following characters compared to the description of Allen (1975). Dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina with buttressing ridges and fore wing with marginal cell slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension in some specimens examined, while dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina without buttressing ridges and fore wing with marginal cell equal to second cubital cell in apical extension according to Allen. Genitalia. Paramere shaped like spatula and covered with long and short setae; digitus curved at apex; cuspis with deep punctures and setae and with a lobe like projection; aedeagus with apical portion folded and basally with a stalk and a conical projection (Figs 419a, 419b & 420). Female. Unknown. Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir (new record), Karnataka, Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu., 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 77-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

21. Tiphia (Tiphia) kurumba Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 274–286) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 50915EA5-E8ED-4A77-997E-0A1958414714 Type material. Holotype, ♂, INDIA: Kerala, Palakkad district, Silent Valley National Park, Panthanthod (11°04′21″N & 76°25′25″E, 974 m), 16.v.2016, Coll. Prashanth, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18084. Paratypes: 1♂, same collection locality as that of holotype, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18085; 3♂, Wayanad district, Meppadi, Mundakai forest (11°33′40″N & 76°08′44″E, 853 m), 16.xi.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18912–18914. Diagnosis. Carina of dorsal side of pronotum without ridges; metanotum with small sparse punctures; carina of propodeal areola with crenulations, median carina of areola complete; marginal cell of fore wing long and greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension. Description. Holotype, ♂. Body length 9.5 mm. Paratypes, ♂. Body length 6.9–9.1 mm. Colour. Antennae beneath yellowish orange (Fig. 274); trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsi of first two pairs of legs yellowish brown, other leg areas black (Figs 274, 279); mandible dark yellowish brown apically (Fig. 276); tegula orange brown (Fig. 278). Head. Head with coarse punctures concentrated sparcely on upper frons and adjacently on lower frons (Fig. 275); HW 2.28 × least distance between eyes; median extension of clypeus emarginated (Fig. 276); mandible without preapical denticle; POD 1.84 × LOD and 0.73 × OOL; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10: Fu 11 = 0.353: 0.143: 0.150: 0.215: 0.214: 0.213: 0.213: 0.214: 0.215: 0.217: 0.219: 0.222: 0.325. Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum with anterior transverse carina without ridges, uniformely arranged punctures with impunctate apical region (Fig. 278); tegula 1.24 × middle width (Fig. 278); pronotum and mesoscutum with large punctures, metanotum with minute sparse punctures (Fig. 278); lateral side of pronotum with curved faint groove posteriorly (Fig. 279); mesopleuron with coarse large punctures mixed with small punctures (Fig. 279); lateral side of propodeum strongly regulate on upper area which weakens towards posterior apex (Fig. 279); dorsal side of propodeum besides areola imbricate with scattered punctures, carina of areola with crenulations, median carina complete (Fig. 278); areola with length 1.75 × apical width and 1.4 × basal width; fore wing completely hyaline with large stigma (Fig. 281); fore wing with long marginal cell greatly longer than second cubital cell in lateral extension (Fig. 281). Length of mesosoma: 2.7 mm. Metasoma. Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 282); Gs 5 with lateral denticle (Fig. 283); Gs 6 with sparse setae (Fig. 283). Length of metasoma: 4.3 mm. Genitalia. Paramere apically wider than base and covered with setae; digitus almost oval in shape; cuspis slender and sickle shaped and covered with setae aedeagus folded ( Figs 284–286). Female. Unknown. Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to T. (T.) birganjae Allen in the following characters: absence of mandibular preapical denticle; dorsal side of pronotum with carina; lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove; Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina, but this new species distinctly differs from T. (T.) birganjae as follows: marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in lateral extension (in T. (T.) birganjae, marginal cell of fore wing only slightly longer than second cubital cell in lateral extension); marginal cell of fore wing long (in T. (T.) birganjae, marginal cell of fore wing short); metanotum with sparse punctures (in T. (T.) birganjae, metanotum closely with coarse primary punctures); carina of dorsal side of pronotum without ridges (in T. (T.) birganjae, carina of dorsal side of pronotum with ridges); median carina of areola complete (in T. (T.) birganjae, median carina of areola not complete, disappearing towards apex). Distribution. India: Kerala. Etymology. The specific name kurumba is derived from the name of a tribal community Kurumbar. They are one of the earliest known inhabitants of the Western Ghats, who are engaged in the collection and gathering of forest products., 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 55-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

8. Tiphia (Tiphia) clauseni Allen & Jaynes, 1930 (Figs 98–112) Tiphia clauseni Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 89. Holotype, ♀, Chirrapunji, Assam [Chirrapunji presently in Meghalaya], India (USNM). Tiphia (Tiphia) clauseni; Allen, 1975: 89–90. Material examined. 3♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Chikmagalur district, Bygoor, Kabbinahalli Coffee Estate (13°19′34″N & 75°42′40″E, 1137 m), 26.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.17292–17294. 3♀, Kerala, Idukki district, Chinnar (10°18′22″N & 77°12′24″E, 596 m), 28.xi.2018, Coll. M. Jafer Palot & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17295–17297; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam dam site (10°18′22″N & 77°12′24″E, 596 m), 10.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17761; 1♀, Wayanad district, Kuruva Island (1149′02″N & 7605′36″E, 714 m), 24.iii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17941; 1♀, Wayanad district, Muthanga, Manchal (1142′11.772″N & 7622′1.38″E, 777 m), 21.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17942. Diagnosis. Body length 8.4–12.3 mm. Clypeus with basal part imbricate and below coarse punctate and apex smooth, median extension of clypeus rounded (Fig. 104); dorsal side of pronotum with faint transverse carina lacking on median one-third (Fig. 105); tegula black; metanotum with medium sized coarse punctures (Fig. 105); dorsal side of propodeum with weak submarginal carina on lateral side (Fig. 105); propodeal areola subrectangular and about 1.75–2.40 × as long as apical width (Fig. 105); pygidium apically smooth (Fig. 108); fore wing darkly infumate with apical portion faintly infumate (Fig. 110); hind basitarsus with groove (Fig. 107). Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the following characters compared to the description of Allen (1975). Propodeal areola subrectangular and about 1.75–2.40 × as long as apical width, tegula black, metanotum with medium sized coarse punctures and fore wing darkly infumate at the basal portion in the specimens examined, while propodeal areola rectangular and about 3 × as long as apical width, tegula almost entirely dark reddish translucent, metanotum with very small punctures located mostly on posterior aspect and fore wing faintly infumate according to Allen. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Karnataka (new record), Kerala (new record), Meghalaya., 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 28-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

1. Tiphia (Tiphia) bijui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 1–10) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2B96FC47-2E76-46B1-B4AB-6057A4881788 Type material. Holotype, ♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18387. Paratypes: 8♀, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18388–18395, same collection locality as that of holotype. 1♀, Goa, North Goa district, Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary (15°26′23″N & 74°06′33″E, 196 m), 16.v.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18440. 1♀, Karnataka, Chikmagalur district, Bygoor, Kabbinhalli Coffee Estate (13°19′34″N & 75°42′40″E, 1137 m), 26.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18472; 6♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18460–18465; 4♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur near Madikeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 24.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18466–18469; 4♀, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Hulikal FRH (13°43′45″N & 75°01′08″E, 579 m), 5.ix.2021, 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19328 & 19329, 19147 & 19148; 2♀, Shimoga district, Agumbe (13°30′14″N & 75°05′18″E, 681 m), 27.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18470 & 18471; 1♀, Shimoga district, Hosagadde, near Kudajadri (13°51′45″N & 74°52′0″E, 1130 m), 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18473; 1♀, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Yadooru (16°34′31″N & 74°39′31″E, 537 m), 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19149; 1♀, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Udupi district, Beedikeri (14°15′13″N & 74°26′43″E, 4 m), 2.ix.2021, Coll. V. D.Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd.No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19150. 2♀, Kerala, Idukki district, Chinnar, Kootaram (10°18′22″N & 77°12′24″E, 596 m), 28.xi.2018, Coll. M. Jafer Palot & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18410 & 18411; 1♀, Idukki district, Kulamavu (9°47′31.2″N & 76°53′11.4″E, 724 m), 24.vi.2019, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18428; 1♀, Kannur district, Kannapuram (11°58′04″N & 75°19′08″E, 7 m), 3.iii.2019, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18419; 1♀, Kannur district, Keezhara (12°00′11″N & 75°19′44″E, 4 m), 2.iii.2016, Coll. K.M. Rajesh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18424; 1♀, Kottayam district, Pala, Cherpunkal (9°41′05″N & 76°38′18″E, 22 m), 26.xii.2019, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18429; 1♀, Kottayam district, Pala, Paika, Urulikunnam (9°38′37″N & 76°42′37″E, 52 m), 20.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18430; 3♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 24.v.2019, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18400–18402; 4♀, Kozhikode district, Vilakottur (11°45′22″N & 75°39′06″E, 34m), 3.vi.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18412–18415; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Nanminda (11°25′15″N & 75°49′53″E, 46 m), 16.x.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18416; 1♀, Kozhikode district, East Hill (11°17′22″N & 75°46′25″E, 16 m), 25.iii.2015, Coll. P.M. Sureshan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18417; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkavayal (11°38′48″N & 76°08′26″E, 778 m), 19.xi.2018, Coll. A. P. Ranjith, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18418; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kovoor (11°16′14.16″N & 75°49′52.32″E, 31 m), 19.xii.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18422; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Chengottukaavu (11°25′20.64″N & 11°25′20.64″N, 17 m), 30.iv.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18423; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Edakkara (11°21′ 41.4″N & 76°35′24.72″E), 17.v.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19327; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 4.i.2022, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20034; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Madappally (11°38′48″N & 75°34′13″E, 28 m), 7.ii.2020, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18425; 2♀, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 11.iii.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18403 & 18404; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam dam site (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 10.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18431; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Purameri (11°40′18″N & 75°37′46″E, 33 m), 22.iv.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18432; 4♀, Kozhikode district, Purameri (11°40′18″N & 75°37′46″E, 33 m), 24.x.2020, 25.x.2020, 15.xii.2020, 04.iv.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18433–18436; 1♀, Malappuram district, Kerala Forest Research Iinsitute Campus, Nilambur (11°18′0.36″N & 76°15′1.44″E, 48 m), 29.ii.2020, Coll. Tessy Rajan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18427; 2♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19370 & 19371; 4♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala University (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 28.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18396–18399; 2♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kothiram (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18405 & 18406; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaalippara, near temple side (8°31′35″N & 77°08′32″E, 168 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20433; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 20.i.2019, Coll. P.Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18407; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18408; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanithadam (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 19.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18409; 1♀, Wayanad district, Mangavayal (11°35′02″N & 76°05′35″E, 761 m), 19.x.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18420; 1♀, Wayanad district, Muthanga (11°40′17″N & 76°22′06″E, 848 m), 28.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18426; 1♀, Wayanad district, Machikudi (11°40′24″N & 76°17′21″N, 913 m), 18.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19151. 14 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Valparai (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m), 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18441–18454; 1♀, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.18457; 1♀, Coimbatore district, Kullanadimedu, near Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°25′23″N & 77°07′32″E, 1048 m), 2.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18459; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18455; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18456; 1♀, Tenkasi district, Old Courtallam (10°59′58″N & 76°58′22″E, 414 m), 3.x.2018, Coll.P.Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd.No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18458; 3♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 22.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20428–20430; 1♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 23.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18474. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18437. 4♀, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island, Harinbari (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 22.iv.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18438–18439, 20431–20432. Diagnosis. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with complete carina; lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove; metanotum with less number of punctures; propodeal areola tricarinate; carina of propodeal areola margined by crenulations; Gs 2 without anterior transverse carina; hind basitarsus without groove; fore wings brown infumated. Description. Holotype, ♀. Body length 10.8 mm. Paratypes, ♀. Body length 6.5–11.2 mm. Colour. Black with the following parts as follows: lower part and outer margin of tegula yellowish brown (Fig. 9), mandible dark brown (Fig. 8). Head. Head with medium sized punctures concentrated adjacently in lower frontal area and sparsely on upper frontal area (Fig. 8); HW 1.56 × least distance between eyes; POD 2.4 × LOD and 0.73 × OOD; mandible without strong preapical denticle (Fig. 4); clypeus with its median extension nearly straight or very slightly emarginated, basal part of median extension of clypeus imbricate, half of apical part of median extension of clypeus with coarse and dense punctures, extreme apex smooth (Fig.4); scape, pedicel and first flagellomere shiny with punctures, second flagellomere with its apical small region smooth and shiny, other flagellomeres with thick setae (Fig.3); length of scape: pedicel: fu 1: fu 2: fu 3: fu 4: fu 5: fu 6: fu 7: fu 8: fu 9: fu 10 = 0.493: 0.197: 0.204: 0.208: 0.209: 0.209: 0.210: 0.211: 0.211: 0.211: 0.214: 0.388 (Fig. 3). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with carina, most of disc with punctures and posterior area with impunctate area (Fig. 9); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove across middle of disc, smooth with faint aciculations above groove and striations below the groove (Fig. 5); length of tegula 1.36 × as long as its middle width (Fig. 9); mesoscutum with its notauli not connected to anteriomedian escarpment, mesoscutum medially with closely placed punctures and sparse punctures in other areas (Fig. 9); scutellum with large punctures on posterior margin and small ones at basal part; metanotum with small, sparsely placed punctures (Fig. 9); dorsal side of propodeum entirely finely imbricate with small scattered punctures, strong submarginal carina on lateral side (Fig. 9); lateral carina of areola convex on basal portion and straight in apical portion, areolar carina with crenulations, length of areola 1.8 × basal width and 2.1 × apical width (Fig. 9); mesopleuron coriaceous punctate with setae; upper part of lateral side of propodeum with uniformely spaced rugulae and lower part smooth (Fig. 5); fore wing brownish infumate (Fig. 10); hind basitarsus without groove on inner surface. Length of mesosoma: 3.5 mm. Metasoma. All tergites with setigerous punctures, distribution of punctures less in Gt 1 compared to other remaining segments (Fig. 6); pygidium imbricate punctate on more than half of basal portion and smooth on apical part. Length of metasoma: 5.36 mm. Male. Unknown. Variations. In some specimens, metanotum with coarse deep punctures; carina of propodeal areola not margined by crenulations. Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to Tiphia cinchonae Allen in the following features: lateral side of pronotum with a distinct transdiscal groove; dorsal side of propodeum with submarginal carina, hind basitarsus without groove, dorsal pronotum with complete transverse carina, not inflated hind tibia, Gs 2 without anterior transverse carina, and dorsal side of propodeum without longitudinal carina between areola and lateral margin but this new species differs from T. (T.) cinchonae in the following features: wings brown infumated (in T. (T.) cinchonae, wings yellowish hyaline); carina of propodeal areola margined by crenulations (in T. (T.) cinchonae, carina of propodeal areola not margined by crenulations); tegula brownish black (in T. (T.) cinchonae, tegula yellowish orange), and medium-sized (6.5–11.2 mm) species (T. (T.) cinchonae are small-sized (5.5–6 mm) species). Distribution. India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Mr. T. Biju (Forest watcher at Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kannur, Kerala and former GSDP student of WGRC, ZSI, Kozhikode), who is an expert field assistant and collected various Tiphia specimens for the present study., 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 10-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

9. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) coimbatorea Allen, 1975, subgeneric comb. nov. (Figs 113–122) Tiphia (Tiphia) coimbatorea Allen, 1975: 14. Holotype, ♂, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India (RNHM). Tiphia coimbatorea; Krombein, 1982: 20–21. Material examined: 4♀, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17332–17335. Diagnosis. Body length 5.5–6 mm. Median extension of clypeus rounded apically (Fig. 115); mandible without preapical denticel (Fig. 114); lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove (Fig. 118); tegula slightly longer than middle width (Fig. 117); fore wing slightly infumated (Fig. 120); inner surface of hind basitarsus without groove; metanotum with deep punctures (Fig. 117); Gt 1 anteriorly with a strong transverse ridge (Fig. 122). Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka., 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 page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls.","Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of ceylonese wasps, IX. A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian contributions to Zoology, Washington, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374"]}

10. Tiphia (Tiphia) consueta Smith, 1879 (Figs 123–132) Tiphia consueta Smith, 1879: 184 [♀; Ceylon; type in NHMUK]; Cameron, 1892: 116; Bingham, 1896: 431 [listed]; Bingham, 1897: 61 [♀, ♂; Ceylon; synonymized ♂ Methoca [sic] nigra Bingham, 1896]; Dalla Torre, 1897: 135 [listed]; Bingham, 1906: 36; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 101; Hedicke, 1936: 8 [listed]. ? Methoca [sic] nigra Bingham, 1896: 427, 428, pl. 15: fig. 4 [♂, Pundaloya, Ceylon and Tenasserim; type lost?; preoccupied in Tiphia by T. nigra Gmelin]; Hedicke, 1936: 8 [listed as synonym of T. consueta]. Tiphia (Tiphia) consueta; Allen, 1969: 408–409 [♀; redescription of type]; 1975: 87–88 [redescription]. Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16813. 1♀, Sikkim (27°31′18″N & 88°31′19″E, 1122 m), 10.ix.2017, Coll. A. Ramesh Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16812. 3♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″N & 77°39′55″E, 399 m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16809–16811. Diagnosis. Body length 9.3–11.2 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 125); clypeus with median extension emarginated (Fig. 125); basal part of clypeus coarsely punctate and apical part smooth (Fig. 125); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina (Fig. 127); lateral side of pronotum smooth with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 128); fore wing brownish infumate with second cubital vein sinuous (Fig. 130); tegula only slightly longer than middle width (Fig. 127); propodeal areolar carina with crenulations (Fig. 127); Gt 1 anteriorly without transverse ridge (Fig. 131); inner surface of hind basitarsus with groove. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India (new record): Karnataka, Sikkim, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka., 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 30-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Smith, F. (1879) Descriptions of new species of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. s. n., London, 240 pp.","Cameron, P. (1892) Hymenoptera Orientalis, or contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Indian Zoological Region, Part 4: Scoliidae. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 5 (4), 97 - 137.","Bingham, C. T. (1896) A contribution to the knowledge of the hymenopterous fauna of Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 26, 401 - 459, pl. 15. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1896. tb 03051. x","Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenoptera, 1 (Wasps and Bees). s. n., London, 579 pp., 189 figs., 4 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738","Dalla Torre, K. W. von (1897) Fossores (Sphegidae). Catalogus Hymenopterorum, Leipzig, 8, 1 - 749.","Bingham, C. T. (1906) Report on the Aculeate Hymenoptera. Malayenses Zoology Fasciculi, 3, 36.","Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1","Hedicke, H. (1936) Tiphiidae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Part 1, 1 - 32.","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438."]}

41. Tiphia (Tiphia) venkataramani Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 540–549) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CFE4ECB8-C173-474D-A4C3-763B589AD82E Type material. Holotype, ♀, INDIA: Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′08″N & 77°39′56″E, 399 m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18107. Paratypes: 1♀, same collection data as that of holotype, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18108; 1♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 14.viii.1997, Coll. Vinod Khanna & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18109; 1♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 30.vii.1992, Coll. Vinod Khanna & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18111; 4♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 15.viii.1997, Coll. S.K. Gupta, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19332– 19335. Tamil Nadu, Tenkasi district, Old Courtallam (10°59′58″N & 76°58′22″E, 414 m), 3.x.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18110. Diagnosis. Mandible without preapical denticle; median extension of clypeus rounded; areola elongate; dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina; fore wing yellowish; hind tibia inflated. Description. Holotype, ♀. Body length 12.2 mm. Paratypes, ♀. Body length 11.3–17.5 mm. Colour. Black body with yellowish infumated wing and white vestitures (Figs 540, 547). Head. Median extension of clypeus rounded, clypeus basally punctured and apically smooth (Fig. 542); mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 541); HW 1.6 × least distance between eyes; POD 1.7 × LOD and 0.6 × OOD; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10 = 0.653: 0.224: 0.262: 0.281: 0.282: 0.283: 0.243: 0.235: 0.237: 0.219: 0.266: 0.436 (Fig. 546). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum and mesoscutum with large punctures, metanotum with small punctures (Fig. 544); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove (Fig. 545); tegula 1.4 × as long as middle width (Fig. 544); lateral side of propodeum with oblique fine rugulae (Fig. 545); lateral margin of dorsal side of propodeum with thick setae (Fig. 544); areola elongate keystone shaped with middle carina not reaching to apex (Fig. 544); areola with median length about 3 × apical width and 1.7 × basal width (Fig. 544); hind basitarsus without groove. Length of mesosoma: 4.10 mm. Metasoma. All tergites smooth and shiny with punctures (Fig. 548); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 548). Length of metasoma: 6.05 mm. Male. Unknown. Discussion. This new species shows similarities with T. (T.) bijui sp. nov. in the following characters: dorsal side of pronotum with transverse carina complete over middle section, lateral side of pronotum with distinct trans discal groove, Gs 2 without anterior transverse carina, hind basitarsus without groove, and tricarinate areola of dorsal side of propodeum but this new species distinctly differs from T. (T.) bijui sp. nov. in the following characters: dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., dorsal side of propodeum with submarginal carina); carina of areola not margined by crenulations (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., carina of areola margined by crenulations); wings yellowish hyaline (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., wings brown infumated); larger species (13–16 mm) (in T. (T.) bijui sp. nov., medium sized species (7–10 mm)); hind tibia inflated (in T. (T.) bijui, hind tibia usually not inflated). Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. Etymology. The species is named in honour of Dr. K. Venkataraman, former Director of Zoological Survey of India for his dedication to the study of the natural history and taxonomy of Indian marine fauna and also his encouragement and support to our studies., 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 98-102, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194

19. Tiphia (Tiphia) kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019 (Figs 232–252) Tiphia kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019: 127–141. Holotype, ♂, Shalimar Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir (ZSIK). Material examined: 3♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Shimoga district, Hosagadde, Near Kudajadri (13°51′45″N & 74°52′30″E, 1130 m), 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18371– 18373; 1♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18381. 1♀, Jammu & Kashmir, Pulwama district, Shaji Marg (33°48′12.9″N & 74°49′37.5″E, 1569 m), 29.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.19373; 2♂, Pulwama district, Arehel (33°52′18.62″N & 74°53′57.75″E, 1652 m), 15.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19374–19375. 3♀, Kerala, Idukki district, Thekkadi, Kumarikulam (9°43′00″N & 76°57′51″E, 1003 m), 6.ix.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16630– 16633; 4♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18374–18377; 1♀, Wayanad district, Kalpatta, Madakkimala (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 6.i.2009, Coll. K. Rajmohana, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18566. 2♀, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18378–18379; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18380. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Tehri Garhwal district, Kanatal (30°24′43″N & 78°20′34″E, 2297m), 20.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18382; 1♀, Dehradun district, Chakrata (30°42′17″N & 77°52′11″E, 1963 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18383. Diagnosis. Male. Body length 7.1 mm. Median extension of clypeus bidentate (Fig. 234); upper half of frons with interspaces between punctures not narrower than ocellus; lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove intersected with ridges (Fig. 237); lateral side of propodeum with moderately spaced rugae (Fig. 237); metanotum laterally with coarse contiguous punctures and medially with few punctures (Fig. 236); POD 0.80–0.84 × OOL; fore wing with marginal cell shorter than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 239). Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk like basal part and almost rounded flat apex covered with setae; digitus rounded apically; cuspis broad and covered with setae; aedeagus short with lobed apical part ( As in Fig. 7 of Hanima et al. 2019). Female. Body length 8.6–12.2 mm. Apical margin of clypeal lobe rounded (Fig. 244); lateral side of pronotum with a distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 247); lateral carinae of areola convex towards basal part (Fig. 246); fore wing yellowish hyaline (Fig. 248); middle and hind trochanters, femora and tibia entirely bright red (Fig. 242); hind basitarsus with groove on inner face; Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 251); apical half of pygidium shagreened and apical margin wrinkled (Fig. 250). Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka (new record), Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand (new record)., 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 49-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Hanima Raveendran, K. P., Girish Kumar, P., Sureshan, P. M. & Sheikh, A. H. (2019) A taxonomic study of the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from Kashmir, India with the description of one new species. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 51 (1), 63 - 67."]}

12. Tiphia (Tiphia) davidrajui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 144–156) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BCD2B1C1-937C-4553-8434-2BE80701FFB4 Type material. Holotype, ♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV.18089. Paratypes: 7♂, same collection locality as that of holotype, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18090–18096; 1♂, Kasargode district, Ranipuram (12° 25′ 19″ N & 75° 21′ 06″ N, 925 m), 8.xi.2013, Coll. P.M. Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18904; 4♂, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′ 6.96″N & 75°47′ 33.72″E, 6 m), 26.x.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18106 & 18894–18896; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Balusseri (11°26′20″N & 75°49′13″E, 33 m), 15.ii.2021, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18902; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Ooleri (11°32′28″N & 75°50′40″E, 30 m), 12.xii.2018, Coll. Sandra Lishikumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18903; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Vilakottur (11°45′22″N & 75°39′06″E, 34m), 21.x.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18905; 1♂, Malappuram district, Calicut University Campus (9°43′00″N & 76°57′51″E, 1003 m), 27.ii.2020, Coll. A.P. Ranjith, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18104; 1♂, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19372; 1♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala University Campus (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 28.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18105; 2♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kothiram (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P.Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18897 & 18898; 4♂, Thrissur district, Elanad (10°30′38.52″N & 76°52′50.52″E, 68 m), 5.v.2019, Coll. N. V. Ayisha Mawadda, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18097–18100; 3♂, Wayanad district, Karlad (11°38′56″N & 75°58′56″E, 752 m), 29.ii.2020, Coll. K. Anju, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18899–18901. 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Valparai, (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m) 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18906. 3♂, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island, Phulbari (21°44′21″N & 88°07′04″E, 24 m), 21.iii.2018, Coll. Sunita Patra, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18101–18103. Diagnosis. Dorsal side of propodeum with rectangular shaped areola; median extension of clypeus bidentate; fore wing hyaline; marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in lateral extension; metanotum with sparsely arranged punctures. Description. Holotype, ♂. Body length 7.09 mm. Paratypes, ♂. Body length 5.93–9.01 mm. Colour. Black with other areas as follows: Antennae beneath yellowish brown (Fig. 150); inner side of fore and mid tibia and tarsi yellowish brown (Fig. 144); middle part of mandible and preapical denticle yellowish brown (Fig. 146). Head. HW 2.09 × least distance between eyes; lower front with adjacent punctures and upper front with sparse punctures (Fig. 145); mandible with preapical denticle (Fig. 146); median extension of clypeus bidentate (Fig. 146); POD 2.23 × LOD and 0.89 × OOD; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10: Fu 11 = 0.227: 0.105: 0.110: 0.119: 0.119: 0.122: 0.124: 0.124: 0.125: 0.125: 0.128: 0.129: 0.223 (Fig. 150). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with strong transverse carina (Fig. 148); metanotum with irregularly scattered punctures (Fig. 148); tegula 1.4 × its middle width (Fig. 148); dorsal side of propodeum with rectangular shaped areola with length of areola 1.24 × its basal width and 1.23 × its apical width (Fig. 148); area outside areola striate and imbricate (Fig. 148); fore wing hyaline with marginal cell greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 151); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove, aciculations on upper part above the groove and ridges below the groove (Fig. 149); mesopleuron with irregularly scattered large and small punctures (Fig. 149); upper part of lateral side of propodeum with strong, moderately spaced rugulae completed to posterior half and lower part with imbricate sculptures (Fig. 149). Length of mesosoma: 1.72 mm. Metasoma. Preapical band of Gt 1 with coarse, deep punctures (Fig. 152); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina; Gs 5 with lateral denticle (Fig. 153). Length of metasoma: 2.56 mm. Genitalia. Paramere shaped like spatula and covered with long and short setae; digitus slightly curved and pointed at apex; cuspis with punctures and apically curved; aedeagus with apical portion rounded and basally with a stalk and a conical projection (Figs 154–156). Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to Tiphia capillata Allen & Jaynes in having mandible with preapical denticle; fore wing hyaline; marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell; Gs 6 without tuft of dense setae apically but it differs from T. (T.) capillata in the following features: areola of dorsal side of propodeum rectangular in shape (in T. (T.) capillata, areola of dorsal side of propodeum key stone in shape); areola with its base 0.98 × and median length 1.2 × apical width (in T. (T.) capillata, areola with its base 1.13 × and median length 1.25 × apical width); metanotum with sparsely arranged punctures and without median broad conical projection (in T. (T.) capillata, metanotum with closely arranged punctures and with median broad conical projection); dorsal side of propodeum outside areola striate and reticulate and without punctures (in T. (T.) capillata, dorsal side of propodeum outside areola glossy and with minute sparse punctures); tegula dark brown (in T. (T.) capillata, tegula reddish translucent); inner side of fore and mid tibia yellowish brown, other parts of legs black (in T. (T.) capillata, tibia and tarsi of all three pairs of legs largely yellowish). Distribution. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Mr. David V. Raju, a well known naturalist from Kerala, for his dedication to the study of natural history and taxonomy of Indian Odonata., 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 33-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

22. Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei Allen, 1975 (Figs 287–300) Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei Allen, 1975: 70–71. Holotype, ♀, Nilgiri Hills, India (NMNH). Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Daman, Nani (20°24′53″N & 72°50′06″E, 9 m), 21.i.2018, Coll. K. Rajmohana & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18164. 1♀, Kerala, Kozhikode district, Purameri (11°40′18″N & 75°37′46″E, 33 m), 15.xii.2020, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17763; 2♀, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17764–17765; 1♀, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 24.v.2019, Coll. P. M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.17766; 1♀, Palakkad district, Silent Valley National Park (11°03′51″N & 76°32′16″E, 540m), 12.iii.2021, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18201; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17853; 1♀, Wayanad district, Edavambam (1142′21.4128″N & 7620′12.0012″E, 848 m), 20.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17943. 28♀, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19092–19119; 2♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19120–19121; 1♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 23.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18160; 5♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 22.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20326–20329, 20426; 1♀, Thirunelveli district, Rosemiyapuram (8°21′08″N & 77°33′59″E, 119 m), 27.ix.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18161; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty, H.P.F. Quarters (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18165. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 15.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18162. 1♀, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island, Harinbari (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 22.iv.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18163; 2♀, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 18.v.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20303–20304. Diagnosis. Body length 12–13 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 293); apex of clypeal lobe rounded (Fig. 293); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 295); dorsal side of pronotum with transverse carina interrupted at middle; metanotum with scattered minute punctures (Fig. 294); mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notaulices not connected (Fig. 294); apical half of pygidium smooth (Fig. 296); hind basitarsus without groove. Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the density of transdiscal groove of lateral side of pronotum compared to the description of Allen (1975). Lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove in the specimens examined, while lateral side of pronotum with shallow obscure transdiscal groove according to Allen. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Daman (new record), Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal (new record). Elsewhere: Thailand., 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 57-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

16. Tiphia (Tiphia) godavariae Allen, 1975 (Figs 193–205) Tiphia (Tiphia) godavariae Allen, 1975: 54–55. Holotype, ♂, Godavari, Katmandu, Nepal (CERI). Material examined. 2♂, INDIA: Delhi, University Campus (28°36′33″N & 77°09′27″E, 243 m), 10.x.1978, 25.viii.1918, Coll. D. Ram, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16814 & 16815. 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Gundaru dam site (8°56′34″N & 77°12′49″E, 202 m), 3.x.2018, Coll. K.G. Emilyamma & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16816. Diagnosis. Body length 13.5–15.3 mm. Mandible without preapical cusp (Fig. 195); lower front and clypeus with long setae (Fig. 194); clypeus coarsely punctate with median extension emarginated (Fig. 195); dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina (Fig. 197); lateral margin of dorsal side of propodeum with tuft of longitudinally arranged setae (Fig. 197); metanotum with coarse, contiguous punctures (Fig. 197); mesopleuron with coarse punctures mixed with minute ones (Fig. 198); fore wing with marginal cell greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 200); Gs 5 with lateral denticle; Gs 6 without median tuft of setae (Fig. 202); metasoma with white setae (Figs 201, 202). Genitalia. Paramere apically rounded and wider than base and covered with setae; digitus almost oval in shape; cuspis slender and sickle shaped; aedeagus folded ( Figs 203–205). Female. Unknown. Distribution. India (new record): Delhi, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Nepal., 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 page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

20. Tiphia (Tiphia) khasiana Cameron, 1902 (Figs 253–273) Tiphia khasiana Cameron, 1902a: 86. Lectotype, ♀, Khasia Hills, Assam [presently Khasia hills in Meghalaya] (OUM); Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 101; Hanima et al., 2019: 133 (description of male). Tiphia (Tiphia) khasiana; Allen, 1969: 405; Allen, 1975: 78–79. Material examined. 11♂, INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir, Pulwama district, Arehel (33°52′18.62″N & 74°53′57.75″E, 1652 m), 15.viii.2021, Coll.A.H. Sheikh,(ZSIK) Regd.Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19377–19387; 1♂, Shopian district, Heff (33°43′2.03″N & 74°50′2.87″E, 2057 m), 19.vii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19374–19388; 2♂, Pulwama district, Shaji Marg (33°48′12.9″N & 74°49′37.5″E, 1569 m), 29.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19389. 17♀, Karnataka, Kodagu district, Bettathur near Madikeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 24.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.14898 & 16614–16629; 2♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur near Madikeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16655–16656; 18♀, Chikmagalur district, Bygoor, Kabbinhalli Coffee Estate (13°19′34″N & 75°42′40″E, 1137 m), 26.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13638 & 16657–16673. 4♀, Kerala, Idukki district, Thekkadi, Kumarikulam (9°43′00″N & 76°57′51″E, 1003 m), 6.ix.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16630–16633; 1♀, Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Thenmala, Ottakkal IB (8°57′34″N & 77°03′44″E, 77 m), 6.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.19693; 2♀, Kozhikode district, Peruvayal (11°15′47″N & 75°54′21″E, 24 m), 28.xii.2018, Coll. K. Rajmohana, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16634–16635; 5♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19361–19365; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16636; 1♀, Wayanad district, Kalpatta, Madakkimala (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″ E, 1268 m), 6.i.2009, Coll. K. Rajmohana, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17847; 1♀, Kollam, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaatilappara (8°54′46.44″N & 77°6′53.496″E, 221 m), 8.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19690; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Peppara dam site (8°37′21″N & 77°08′12″E, 98 m), 4.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.19691. 3♀, Sikkim, 10.ix.2017, Coll.A. Ramesh Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16653–16654 & 18216. 1♀, Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Kuthiravetti, Ambasamudram (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 24.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17848; 10♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 23.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13925–13934; 22♀, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 22.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13935, 20405–20425; 14♀, Nilgiris district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13506 & 16637–16649; 3♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13507& 16650–16651; 1♀, Kanyakumari district, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Kalikesham (8°29′20″N & 77°24′27″E, 1394 m), 15.ii.2020, Coll. Souvik Sen & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16652. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Kadwapani (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 30.x.2009, Coll. Sudhir Singh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13106; 1♀, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″N & 78°00′52″E, 682 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.13107. Diagnosis. Male. Body length 7.1–9.3 mm. Median extension of clypeus emarginated and bidendate (Fig. 255); mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 255); dorsal side of pronotum with faint anterior transverse carina (Fig. 257); fore wing with marginal cell shorter than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 260); Gs 5 with lateral denticle; Gs 6 with short, sparse setae (Fig. 262). Genitalia. Paramere apically broader than base and covered with setae; digitus rounded apically; cuspis slender, beak-like apically and covered with setae; aedeagus tapered apically (As in Fig. 23 of Hanima et al. 2019). Female. Body length 6.1–11 mm. Dorsal side of pronotum without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 267); lateral side of pronotum with long, narrow transdiscal groove (Fig. 268); areola of dorsal side of propodeum rectangular (Fig. 267); apical half of pygidium smooth (Fig. 270); femora of middle and hind legs bright red (Fig. 263); inner surface of hind basitarsus with a median groove. Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka (new record), Kerala (new record), Meghalaya, Sikkim (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand (new record)., 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 52-55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Cameron, P. (1902 a) Descriptions of new species of fossorial Hymenoptera from the Khasia hills, Assam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 10, 86 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930208678635","Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1","Hanima Raveendran, K. P., Girish Kumar, P., Sureshan, P. M. & Sheikh, A. H. (2019) A taxonomic study of the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from Kashmir, India with the description of one new species. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 51 (1), 63 - 67.","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

36. Tiphia (Tiphia) rufofemorata Smith, 1855 (Figs 475–485) Tiphia rufofemorata Smith, 1855: 83. Holotype, ♀, Norther India (NHMUK); Bingham, 1897: 57, 58; Bingham, 1906: 36; Turner, 1909: 482. Tiphia cassiope Cameron, 1897: 48; Bingham, 1897: 57, 59. Tiphia (Tiphia) rufofemorata; Allen, 1969: 410; Allen, 1975: 79, 80. Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Uttarakhand, Tehri Garhwal district, Kanatal (30°24′43″N & 78°20′34″E, 2297m), 20.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16674; 1♀, Dehradun district, Asarori (30°15′02″N & 77°58′50″E, 715m), 25.viii.2009, Coll. Sudhir Singh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16675. Diagnosis. Body length 11.3 mm. Apex of clypeal lobe slightly emarginated (Fig. 477); lateral side of pronotum with weakly developed transdiscal groove (Fig. 480); dorsal side of propodeum with elongate rectangular shaped areola with length 3.5 × apical width (Fig. 479); median carina of areola short, 1/3 of total length of areola (Fig. 479); tegula only slightly longer than middle width (Fig. 479); fore wing slightly infumate (Fig. 483); femora of mid and hind legs red (Fig. 478); hind basitarsus with deep narrow groove (Fig. 482); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 484). Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the measurements of areola and shape of areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Areola rectangular shaped and length 3.5 × apical width in the specimens examined, while areola slightly tapered and length almost 4 × apical width according to Allen. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Uttarakhand., 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 page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Smith, F. (1855) Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 3. Mutillidae and Pompilidae, London, 497 pp.","Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenoptera, 1 (Wasps and Bees). s. n., London, 579 pp., 189 figs., 4 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738","Bingham, C. T. (1906) Report on the Aculeate Hymenoptera. Malayenses Zoology Fasciculi, 3, 36.","Turner, R. E. (1909) Remarks on some genera of the Scoliidae, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 3, 476 - 486. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930908692612","Cameron, P. (1897) Hymenoptera Orientalia, or Contributions to a Knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Oriental Zoological Region, Part 5. Manchester Society Memoirs, 41, 44 - 51.","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

11. Tiphia (Tiphia) curvinerva Cameron, 1902 (Figs 133–143) Tiphia curvinerva Cameron, 1902b: 238; Holotype, ♀, (NHMUK); Turner, 1908: 120; Allen & Jaynes (curvinerva), 1930: 99. Tiphia (Tiphia) curvinerva; Allen, 1969: 412; Allen, 1975: 81–82. Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley district, Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Ram Sing Forest (28°55′13″N & 95°56′28″E, 2762 m), 29.x.2017, Coll. M.S. Pandher, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18919. Diagnosis. Body length 13.4 mm.Apical margin of clypeal lobe emarginated (Fig. 135); lateral side of pronotum without well defined transdiscal groove (Fig. 138); dorsal side of propodeum with subrectangular areola (Fig. 137); dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina (Fig. 137); metanotum posteriorly on lateral side with close punctures, other areas with sparse punctures (Fig. 137); hind basitarsus with groove (Fig. 140). Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record); Meghalaya., 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 page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Cameron, P. (1902 b) On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera (Ichneumonidae, Chrysididae, Fossores, and Apidae). Entomologist, 35, 237 - 241. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19970","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

40. Tiphia (Tiphia) tegelonga Allen, 1975 (Figs 519–539) Tiphia (Tiphia) tegelonga Allen, 1975: 18–19. Allotype, ♀, India: Shillong, Assam [Shillong presently in Meghalaya state] (NMNH). Material examined: 2♀, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Govanur (11°10′12″N & 76°50′51″E, 589m), 6.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15454 & 15455; 1♀ & 1♂, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15456 & 15457. Diagnosis. Female. Body length 7 mm. apical margin of clypeus straight, without emargination (Fig. 531); tegula elongate (Fig. 533); lateral side of pronotum with narrow transdiscal groove (Fig. 534); dorsal side of propodeum with elongate key stone shaped areola with about 3 × as long as apical width (Fig. 533); both marginal cell and second cubital cell of fore wing with a small spur, respectively (Fig. 537); hind basitarsus with groove (Fig. 536); metasomal tergites with coarse punctures (Fig. 538). Male. Body length 5.6 mm. Mandible without preapical cusp (Fig. 521); tegula elongate (Fig. 523); marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 526); median extension of clypeus deeply emarginated (Fig. 521); legs castaneous (Figs 519, 522); Gs 5 with well-developed denticle (Fig. 528); Gs 6 with short, sparse hairs (Fig. 528). Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu (new record). Elsewhere: Thailand., 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 page 98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

39. Tiphia (Tiphia) s -prima Allen, 1975 (Figs 509–518) Tiphia (Tiphia) s-prima Alen, 1975: 92–93. Holotype, ♀, India: Shillong, Assam [Meghalaya] (NMNH). Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18191. Diagnosis. Body length 10 mm. Clypeus with its median extension rounded, apex smooth, and base shagreened with deep punctures (Fig. 511); dorsal side of pronotum without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 513); lateral side of pronotum with curved groove (Fig. 514); dorsal side of propodeum with rectangular shaped areola (Fig. 513); carinae of areola with crenulations (Fig. 513); fore wing darkly infumated (Fig. 516); hind basitarsus with groove. Distribution. India: Karnataka (new record); Meghalaya., 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 page 96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

3. Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, 1930 (Figs 24–37) Tiphia brevistigma Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 65. Holotype, ♀, Shillong, India (USNM). Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma; Allen, 1975: 88–89. Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanithadam (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 19.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16906; 1♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 20.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16907; 2♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Pattankulichapara (8°37′22″N & 77°08′07″E, 135 m), 5.xii.2021, Coll. P.Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19685 & 19686. Diagnosis. Body length 9.5–11.3 mm. Median extension of clypeus rounded (Fig. 30); mandible without preapical denticle, apex rounded (Fig. 30); dorsal side of pronotum without transverse carina (Fig. 32); metanotum coarsely punctate (Fig. 32); dorsal side of propodeum with areola subrectangular, area outside areola imbricate (Fig. 32); mesopleuron with large punctures in median area (Fig. 33); posterior propodeum with median carina; wings darkly infumated at more than half of basal area, apex hyaline (Fig. 35); legs fully black (Figs 28, 31); hind basitarsus with short groove on inner face. Variations. The specimens examined here differ in posterior side of propodeum compared to the description of Allen (1975). Posterior side of propodeum with median carina in the specimens examined, while posterior side of propodeum without median carina according to Allen. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Kerala (new record), Meghalaya., 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 15-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

2. Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae Allen, 1975 (Figs 11–20) Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae Allen, 1975: 47–49. Holotype, ♂, Lothar near Birganj, Nepal (CERI). Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur district, Manathana paddyfield (11°54’51″N & 75°45’13″E, 92 m), 13.i.2018, Coll. T. Biju, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13247. 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 28.xii.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13641. 4♂, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″N & 77°39′55″E, 399m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13164 & 18182– 18184; 1♂, Dehradun district, Garhi Cantt Area (30°21′37″N & 78°02′47″E, 750 m), 1.viii.1992, Coll. S.K. Gupta, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13165. Diagnosis. Body length 4.9–6.2 mm. Front shagreened with setigerous punctures (Fig. 12); mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 13); clypeus with median extension emarginated, with coarse punctures (Fig. 13); HW 1.86 × least distance between eyes; dorsal pronotal carina with longitudinal ridges (Fig. 15); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove (Fig. 16); mesopleuron with large coarse punctures mixed with small ones (Fig. 16); areola of propodeum keystone shaped, areolar carina without crenulations (Fig. 15); metanotum with large, coarse punctures (Fig. 15); antennae beneath yellowish orange (Fig. 17); legs (except coxa) yellowish orange (Figs 11, 14); marginal cell of fore wing short, only slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 18); Gs5 with lateral denticle. Genitalia. Paramere spatula-shaped and covered with long hairs; digitus apically with beak like projection; cuspis not clearly visible; aedeagus folded completely (Figs 21–23). Female. Unknown. Variations. The specimens examined here differ in HW and least distance between eyes compared to the description of Allen (1975). HW 1.86 × least distance between eyes in the specimens examined, while HW 2.2 × least distance between eyes according to Allen. Distribution. India: Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal., 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 page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

15. Tiphia (Tiphia) flavipalpis Allen, 1975 (Figs 180–192) Tiphia (Tiphia) flavipalpis Allen, 1975: 38–39. Holotype, ♂, Pulchauki, Katmandu, Nepal (CERI). Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E), 5.iii.2018, Coll. P.M. Sureshan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16920; 3♂, Kodagu district, Bettathur, near Madikeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 24.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16921–16923; 1♂, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18153. 1♂, Kerala, Kozhikode district, Baby Memorial Hospital Campus (11°15′36″N & 75°47′33″E, 8 m), 2.xii.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16917; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Sarovaram Biopark (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 25.x.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16918; 1♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17851; 3♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala University Campus (8°30′11.52″N & 76°56′50.28″E, 34 m), 28.ix.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16914–16916; 2♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kothiram (8°39′45″N & 77°09′00″E, 125 m), 17.i.2019, Coll. P.Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16912 & 16913; 1♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kottur (1031′34″N & 7658′35″E, 303 m), 19.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17940; 1♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Ananirathi (8°32′02″N & 77°08′59″E, 96m), 15.i.2019, Coll. P.Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16924; 4♂, Wayanad district, Chandanathodu (11°50′47″N & 75°48′33″E, 810 m), 15.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18202–18205; 1♂, Wayanad district, Machikudi (11°40′24″N & 76°17′21″N, 913 m), 18.ii.2021, Coll.K.A.Subramanian & Party,(ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18206; 1♂, Wayanad district, Edavambam (1142′21.4128″N & 7620′12.0012″E, 848 m), 20.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18563. 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Valparai, Nerar dam site (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m), 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16919. Diagnosis. Body length 8.9–11.4 mm. Clypeus coarsely punctate with median extension emarginated (Fig. 182); mandible without preapical cusp (Fig. 182); palpi dark brown (Fig. 180); metanotum with minute punctures (Fig. 184); dorsal side of propodeum with areola rectangular and 1.25 × its apical width (Fig. 184); denticle of Gs5 with rounded orifice under elevated edge; fore wing slightly infumate (Fig. 186); fore wing with marginal cell greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 186). Variations: The specimens examined here differ in the color of palpi and measurements of areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Palpi dark brown and areola 1.25 × its apical width in the specimens examined, while palpi not flavous and areola more than twice its apical width according to Allen. Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk and rounded flat apex covered with setae; digitus basally rounded and pointed apically; cuspis slender and beak-like apically; aedeagus folded completely (Figs 190–192). Distribution. India (new record): Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Nepal, Thailand., 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 page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

26. Tiphia (Tiphia) milleri Allen, 1975 (Figs 352–361) Tiphia (Tiphia) milleri Allen, 1975: 37–38. Holotype, ♂. Pulchauki, Katmandu, Nepal (CERI). Material examined: 1♂, INDIA: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, South Andaman district, Port Blair, Science Centre (11°39′19″N & 92°45′20″E, 28 m), 15.vii.2021, Coll. A.K. Dubey, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18384. 1♂, West Bengal, South-24 Parganas district, Sagar Island (21°44′30″N & 88°05′15″E, 6 m), 18.v.2018, Coll. D. Gosh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20305. Diagnosis. Body length 5.3 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 354); antenna beneath, palpi, tegula and fore and mid legs (except coxa) orange red (Fig. 352); dorsal side of pronotum with complete transverse carina (Fig. 356); lateral side of pronotum without well developed transdiscal groove (Fig. 357); marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 359); propodeum with rectangular shaped areola having lateral carinae bends medially (Fig. 356); Gs 5 with distinct denticle. Female. Unknown. Distribution. India (new record): Andaman & Nicobar Islands; West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal., 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 page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

7. Tiphia (Tiphia) cinchonae Allen, 1975 (Figs 75–97) Tiphia (Tiphia) cinchonae Allen, 1975: 55–56. Holotype, ♂, Anamalai Hills, Southern India (RNHM). Material examined. 3♂, INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar district, Pari Mahal (34°04′48″N & 74°52′41″E, 1760 m), 10.x.2020, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18141–18143. 1♂, Karnataka, Chikmagalur district, Bygoor (31°33′58.176″N & 82°51′4.968″E), 26.xii.2019, Coll.P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd.No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13637; 1♂, Kodagu district, TalakaveriWildlife Sanctuary (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E), 5.iii.2018, Coll. P.M. Sureshan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19144; 2♂, Kodagu district, Bettathur, near Madikeri (13°51′45″N & 74°52′30″E, 1130 m), 24.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16944–16945; 3♂, Shimoga district, Hosagadde, near Kudajadri (13°51′45″N & 74°52′30″E, 1130 m), 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16941–16943; 2♂, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Yadooru (16°34′31″N & 74°39′31″E, 537 m), 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18848–18849; 2♂, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Hulikal FRH (13°43′45″N & 75°01′08″E, 579 m), 5.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18850–18851; 1♂, Shimoga district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Hulikal FRH (13°43′45″N & 75°01′08″E, 579 m), 6.ix.2021, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.18852. 1♂, Kerala, Idukki district, Mathap, Mannavan Shola (10°11′20″N & 77°10′35″E, 2076 m), 24.v.2014, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19639; 2♂, Idukki district, Chinnar, Kootaram (10°18′22″N & 77°12′24″E, 596 m), 28.xi.2018, Coll. M. Jafer Palot & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16928 & 16929; 1♂, Kannur district, Bekal Fort (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. C. Binoy (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17760; 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.19137; 1♂, Kollam district, Monroe thuruth (8°59′49″N & 76°36′34″E, 2m), 1.ix.2019, Coll. Aseeb & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16936; 3♂, Kozhikode district, Kakkavayal (11°38′48″N & 76°08′26″E, 778 m), 19.xi.2018, Coll. A.P. Ranjith, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13920&13921, 18144; 1♂, Kozhikode district, East Hill (11°17′22″N & 75°46′25″E, 16 m), 10.vi.2015, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.13249; 1♂, Kozhikode district, East Hill (11°17′22″N & 75°46′25″E, 16 m), 26.x.2015, Coll. P.M. Sureshan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13250; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Ooleri (11°32′28″N & 75°50′40″E, 30 m), 12.xii.2018, Coll. Sandra Lishikumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16935; 5♀, Kozhikode district, Ooleri (11°32′28″N & 75°50′40″E, 30 m), 12.xii.2018, Coll. Sandra Lishikumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR/INV.19132–19136; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakkayam dam site (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 10.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17759; 4♂, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19357–19360; 4♂, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″ E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16931–16934; 1♂, Wayanad district, Chandanathodu (11°50′47″N & 75°48′33″E, 810 m), 15.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18210; 1♂, Wayanad district, Chandanathodu (11°50′47″N & 75°48′33″E, 810 m), 18.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18211. 4♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Valparai, (10°19′38″N & 76°57′15″E, 1086 m), 1.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16908–16911; 2♂, Coimbatore district, Sadivayal, Siruvani (10°56′22″N & 76°44′52″E, 458 m), 5.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16937 & 16938; 4♀, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i. 2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19128–19131; 2♂, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16939 & 16940. Diagnosis. Male. Body length 8.5–11.6 mm. Dorsal pronotal carina sharply defined with buttressing ridges (Fig. 79); median extension of clypeus emarginated (Fig. 77); lateral side of pronotum with obscure transdiscal groove (Fig. 80); mesoscutum and metanotum with coarse, contiguous punctures (Fig. 79); upper part of lateral side of propodeum with strong widely spaced rugae ((Fig. 80); marginal cell of fore wing greatly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 82); Gs 5 without orifice beneath edge of lateral denticle (Fig. 84); Gs 6 with short sparse hairs (Fig. 84). Genitalia. Paramere shaped like spatula and covered with short, thick setae; digitus almost rounded; cuspis with punctures and sickle shaped apically aedeagus long and slender and folded (Figs 85–87). Female. Body length 5.5–6 mm. Dorsal side of pronotum with a complete transverse carina (Fig. 92); lateral side of pronotum with a clear distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 93); dorsal side of propodeum with strong submarginal carina (Fig. 92); dorsal side of propodeum outside areola reticulate (Fig. 92); carina of propodeal areola margined by obscure crenulations (Fig. 92); metanotum with minute punctures (Fig. 92); hind basitarsus without groove; fore wing hyaline, marginal cell of fore wing without terminal spur, second cubital cell with straight spur (Fig. 95). Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the following characters compared to the description of Allen (1975). Metanotum with coarse, contiguous punctures in male and fore wing hyaline in female specimens examined, while metanotum with minute punctures in male and fore wing moderately infumated in female according to Allen. Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir (new record), Karnataka, Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Thailand., 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 24-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

6. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) chareshi Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. (Figs 62–74) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2F4E36FC-5EAB-4AD2-81ED-D376CFA5C9E0 Type material. Holotype, ♂, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 4.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.12649. Paratypes: 1♂, collection locality as same as holotype, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18174; 1♂, Coimbatore district, Govanur, (11°10′12″N & 76°50′51″E, 589 m) 6.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.12650. Diagnosis. Body length 5.9 mm. Median extension of clypeus deeply emarginated; mandible without preapical denticle; lateral side of pronotum with crenulated transdiscal groove; fore wing with marginal cell of fore wing equaling second cubital cell in apical extension; Gt 1 anteriorly with a strong transverse ridge; Gs 3, Gs 4 and Gs 5 with lateral denticles; Gs 6 without tuft of setae. Description. Holotype, ♂. Body length 5.9 mm. Paratypes, ♂. Body length 5.93–6 mm. Colour. Black with other areas as follows: Antennae beneath reddish brown (Fig. 68); inner side of fore tibia and fore and mid tarsi yellowish orange (Fig. 62); middle part of mandible and its extreme apex reddish brown (Fig. 64); fore wing hyaline (Fig. 69). Head. HW 2.3 × least distance between eyes; lower front with adjacent punctures and upper front with sparse punctures (Fig. 63); mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 64); median extension of clypeus deeply emarginated (Fig. 64); POD 2.5 × LOD and 0.84 × OOD; length of scape: pedicel: Fu 1: Fu 2: Fu 3: Fu 4: Fu 5: Fu 6: Fu 7: Fu 8: Fu 9: Fu 10: Fu 11 = 0.203: 0.099: 0.099: 0.101: 0.102: 0.102: 0.104: 0.089: 0.094: 0.105: 0.105: 0.101: 0.169 (Fig. 68). Mesosoma. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with strong transverse carina with buttressing ridges (Fig. 65); lateral side of pronotum with crenulated transdiscal groove, smooth on upper part above the groove and ridges below the groove (Fig. 66); metanotum with few deep punctures (Fig. 65); tegula 1.43 × its middle width (Fig. 65); fore wing with marginal cell equaling second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 69); mesopleuron with deep large punctures mixed with few minute punctures (Fig. 66); dorsal side of propodeum with keystone shaped areola with its basal side bulged, length of areola 1.07 × its basal width and 1.96 × its apical width (Fig. 65); upper part of lateral side of propodeum with widely spaced rugulae and lower part with irregular sculpturing (Fig. 66). Length of mesosoma: 1.34 mm. Metasoma. Gt 1 with distinct anterior transverse carina with longitudinal ridges (Fig. 67); sterna 3, 4, and 5 with lateral denticles (Fig. 71); Gs 6 without tuft of setae (Fig. 71). Length of metasoma: 2.56 mm. Genitalia. Paramere spatula-shaped and covered with setae; digitus most apically pointed, basally rounded; cuspis slender; aedeagus with a stalk like basal part and lobed apical part (Figs 72–74). Discussion. As per the key of Allen (1975), this new species comes close to Tiphia (Punctotiphia) coimbatorea Allen in having Gt 1 with sharp crested anterior transverse carina; dorsal side of pronotum with strong carina buttressed with ridges; mandible without preapical denticle; fore wing hyaline; marginal cell of fore wing equalling second cubital cell in apical extension, but this new species differs from T. (P.) coimbatorea in the following features: sterna 3, 4, and 5 with lateral denticles (in T. (P.) coimbatorea, only Gs 5 with lateral denticle); Gs 6 without tuft of dense setae apically (in T. (P.) coimbatorea, Gs 6 with tuft of dense setae apically); lateral side of pronotum with crenulated transdiscal groove (in T. (P.) coimbatorea, lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove); metanotum with few coarse punctures (in T. (P.) coimbatorea, metanotum with numerous coarse punctures). Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu. Etymology. The species is named in honor of Mr. C. Charesh (former GSDP student and Laboratory Assistant of WGRC, ZSI, Kozhikode), who collected several Tiphia specimens for the present study., 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 21-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

32. Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein, 1938 (Figs 432–441) Tiphia rufipes Smith, 1855: 83, Lectotype, ♀, Northern India (NHMUK); Magretti, 1892: 249 [♀; Burma [Myanmar]; misidentified?]; Bingham, 1897: 61, 62 [♀; brief description]; Turner, 1908b: 120 [♀; Ceylon; misidentified]; Allen & Jaynes, 1930: 100 [brief note]; Hedicke, 1936: 23 [listed]. Tiphia palmi Krombein, 1938: 187 [new name for T. rufipes Smith, not Latreille, 1797]; Krombein, 1982: 40–42. Tiphia (Tiphia) rufipes; Allen, 1969: 396–398 [type redescription]; Allen, 1975: 63, 64 [description]. Material examined. 2♀, INDIA: Kerala, Ernakulam district, Thatekkad Bird Sanctuary (10°06′20″N & 76°42′08″E, 37 m), 2.ix.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15266 & 15267; 3♀, Pathanamthitta district, Kochupampa, Goodrical range (9°15′53.12″N & 76°47′13.34″E, 1036 m), 1.xi.2021, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19354–19356. 1♀, Maharashtra, Thane district, Mumbai (19°06′15″N & 72°53′40″E, 34 m), 14.vii.2017, Coll.A. Ramesh Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.15269. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″N & 77°39′55″E, 399m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15268; 1♀, Dehradun district, Motichur near Haridwar (29°58′44″N & 78°11′18″E, 296 m), 12.vii.1990, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18190; 1♀, West Bengal, South 24 Parganas district, Sagar Island, Phulbari (21° 44′ 21″N & 88° 07′ 04″ E, 24 m), 21.iii.2018, Coll. Sunita Patra, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.15270. Diagnosis. Body length 7.2–8.3 mm. Dorsal side of pronotum anteriorly with weak ridge (Fig. 436); lateral side of pronotum with evanescent transdiscal groove (Fig. 437); areola of propodeum tricarinate, median carina not extending to apex (Fig. 436); dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina (Fig. 436); metanotum with closely placed coarse punctures (Fig. 436); fore wing faintly infumated (Fig. 439); trochanters, femora and tibia of all legs orange red colored (Fig. 432); mid and hind tibiae inflated; inner surface of hind basitarsus without groove. Variations: The specimens examined here differ in the length of median carina of areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Median carina of areola not extending to apex in the specimens examined, while median carina of areola extending to apex or almost so according to Allen. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala (new record), Maharashtra (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal (new record). Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand., 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 83-85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Krombein, K. V. (1938) Corrections and additions to a recent catalog of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera). Entomological News, 49, 184 - 189.","Smith, F. (1855) Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 3. Mutillidae and Pompilidae, London, 497 pp.","Magretti, P. (1892) Viaggio di Leonarda Fea in Birmanie e regioni vicine, XLIII: Imenotteri, parte prima, Mutillidei, Scoliidei, Tifiidei, Tinnidei colla descrizione di parecchie nuove specie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturelle di Genova, Series 2, 12, 197 - 266, 1 pl.","Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenoptera, 1 (Wasps and Bees). s. n., London, 579 pp., 189 figs., 4 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738","Turner, R. E. (1908 b) Remarks on the Hymenopterous genus Tiphia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 2, 116 - 131. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930808692459","Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1","Hedicke, H. (1936) Tiphiidae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Part 1, 1 - 32.","Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of ceylonese wasps, IX. A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian contributions to Zoology, Washington, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

33. Tiphia (Tiphia) pulchaukiae Allen, 1975 (Figs 442–454) Tiphia (Tiphia) pulchaukiae Allen, 1975: 8–9. Holotype, ♂. Pulchauki, Katmandu, Nepal (CERI). Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir, Shopian district, Pir Ki Gali (33°37′49″N & 74°31′13″E, 3491 m), 1.ix.2018, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18562.1 ♂, Karnataka, Kodagu district, Bettathur near Madikeri (12°51′24.516″N & 77°51′20.952″E), 24.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17104; 1♂, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17105. 1♂, Kerala, Kozhikode district, Malabar Wildlife sanctuary, Kakkayam dam site (11°33′27″N & 75°54′41″E, 543 m), 10.i.2021, Coll. Tessy Rajan, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17106; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Elathur (11°20′21″N & 75°44′26″N, 13 m), 15.ii.2020, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17099; 2♂, Wayanad district, Moolankavu (11°40′24″N & 76°17′21″N, 913 m), 7.i.2018, Coll. Sreeraman, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17100 & 17101; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 24.v.2019, Coll. P.M. Sureshan & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17102; 1♂, Kozhikode district, Kakkadampoyil (11°20′10″N & 76°06′36″N, 672 m), 4.i.2022, Coll. V. D. Hegde & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.20033; 2♂, Wayanad district, Edavambam (1142′21.4128″N & 7620′12.0012″E, 848 m) 20.ii.2021, Coll. K.A. Subramanian & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18213 & 18214; 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.17103. 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris district, Ooty, H.P.F. Quarters (11°16′6.96″N & 75°47′33.72″E, 6 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17852; 1♂, Thirunelveli district, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Kuthiravetti (8°41′18″N & 77°18′33″E, 228 m), 23.viii.2019, Coll. B.H.C.K. Murthy & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17098. 1♂, Uttarakhand, Chamoli district, Ghangaria (30°42′03″N & 79°35′36″E, 3098m), 15.vii.2018, Coll. J. Saini, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.12558. Diagnosis. Body length 5.6–8 mm. Upper frons with scattered punctures, lower frons with adjacently spaced punctures (Fig. 443); mandible with preapical denticle (Fig. 444); median extension of clypeus emarginated (Fig. 444); dorsal side of pronotum with distinct transverse carina (Fig. 446); dorsal side of propodeum outside areola reticulate (Fig. 446); metasoma without conspicuous rows of dark-orange bristles (Figs 450, 451); marginal cell of fore wing distinctly less than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 449); Gs 5 with lateral denticle; Gs 5 and Gs 6 without brush of dense setae (Fig. 451); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 450). Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the shape of propodeal areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Areola shape varies in the specimens examined, while areola rectangular shaped according to Allen. Genitalia. Paramere spatula-shaped and covered with setae; cuspis not clearly visible; digitus and aedeagus folded completely (Figs 452–454). Female. Unknown. Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka (new record), Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal., 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 85-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

Key to the Indian subcontinent species of Tiphia (Modified from Allen, 1975; Krombein, 1982) 1. Females (antenna with 12 segments (Fig. 3); metasoma with 6 segments (Figs 6, 7); marginal cell of fore wing open (Fig. 10))................................................................................................ 2 - Males (antenna with 13 segments (Fig. 17); metasoma with 7 segments (Figs 19, 20); marginal cell of fore wing closed (Fig. 18))............................................................................................... 51 2. Apex of metasomal Gt 1 with deep, tightly infolded incision............... Tiphia (Jaynesia) assamensis Allen & Jaynes - Apex of metasomal Gt 1 without deep, tightly infolded incision (Fig. 6)........................................... 3 3. Gt1 with anterior transverse carina (Fig. 122).......................................... Tiphia (Punctotiphia) ... 4 - Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 299).............................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) ... 5 4. Hind basitarsus without longitudinal groove on inner face.................... Tiphia (Punctotiphia) coimbatorea Allen - Hind basitarsus with longitudinal groove on inner face (Fig. 107).................. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse 5. Hind basitarsus without longitudinal groove on inner face..................................................... 6 - Hind basitarsus with longitudinal groove on inner face (Fig. 107).............................................. 26 6. Dorsal side of propodeum with conspicuous longitudinal carina about mid-way between areola and lateral margin (See Fig. 32 of Allen, 1975).............................................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) shillonga Allen - Dorsal side of propodeum without longitudinal carina between areola and lateral margin (Fig. 9)...................... 7 7. Tegula more than 1.5 × as long as middle width (Fig. 459)..................................................... 8 - Tegula at most only slightly longer than middle width (Fig. 9).................................................. 9 8. Larger species (11 mm) with black, brown to reddish-brown legs (usually coxae black) (Fig. 455)...................................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) quinquecarinata Cameron - Smaller species (6–8 mm) with bright-red legs (sometimes coxae black).................. Tiphia (Tiphia) tegulita Allen 9. Lateral side of propodeum without any parallel rugulae on upper part; smaller species (4.5– 6.0 mm)................................................................................................ Tiphia (Tiphia) s -tertia Allen - Lateral side of propodeum with parallel rugulae on upper part (Fig. 5); usually larger species (longer than 7 mm)........ 10 10. Femora of middle and hind legs entirely bright red to orange (Figs 432, 437)..................................... 11 - Femur of hind leg black or dull brown at least on outer face (Figs 2, 5).......................................... 14 11. Tibiae of middle and hind legs entirely bright red to orange (Figs 432, 437)...................................... 12 - Tibiae of middle and hind legs black (Figs 2, 5)............................................................ 13 12. Apical part of pygidium wrinkled and shagreened; hind tibia less strongly inflated (length 2.5 × width of tibia)................................................................................ Tiphia (Tiphia) kurczewskii Krombein - Apical part of pygidium smooth, glossy; hind tibia strongly inflated (Figs 432, 437) (length 2.1 × width of tibia).................................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) palmi Krombein 13. Marginal cell of fore wing nearly closed, with spur directed upward and inward toward costal margin; notaulices and anteromedian escarpment strongly connected; lower disc of punctate part of pygidium rough and almost rugose..................................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) scutensis Allen - Marginal cell of fore wing distinctly open, without spur or with one outwardly directed spur (Fig. 382); notaulices and anteromedian escarpment not connected (Fig. 379); lower disc of punctate part of pygidium smooth, polished........................................................................................ Tiphia (Tiphia) nathani Allen 14. Tibiae of middle and hind legs brownish yellow to dull red (Figs 52, 465, 486)................................... 15 - Tibiae of middle and hind legs black (Figs 102, 341, 344).................................................... 17 15. Submarginal carina of dorsal side of propodeum absent (Figs 56, 469); lateral side of pronotum with weak or vestigial transdiscal groove (Figs 57, 470)................................................................................ 16. - Submarginal carina of dorsal side of propodeum present (Fig. 490); lateral side of pronotum with well-developed transdiscal groove (Fig. 491)................................ Tiphia (Tiphia) sahyadriensis Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. 16. Upper front mostly impunctate (Fig. 53); lateral side of propodeum weakly rugulate (Fig. 57); marginal cell and second cubital cell of fore wing with outwardly directed straight spur (Fig. 59)............... Tiphia (Tiphia) capillata Allen & Jaynes - Upper front almost uniformly punctate (Fig. 466); lateral side of propodeum strongly rugulate (Fig. 470); marginal cell and second cubital cell of fore wing without spur (Fig. 472)...... Tiphia (Tiphia) rajeevani Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. 17. Areola of dorsal side of propodeum with five high, thin, parallel carinae, of which intermediate two shorter (Fig. 345)................................................................................ Tiphia (Tiphia) lyrata Magretti - Areola of dorsal side of propodeum with only three longitudinal carinae (Fig. 294)................................ 18 18. Gs 2 with anterior transverse carina; body length 17 mm........................... Tiphia (Tiphia) rothneyi Cameron - Gs2 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 404); body length 12 mm or less..................................... 19 19. Dorsal side of pronotum with anterior transverse carina not complete, interrupted at middle (Fig. 294)................. 20 - Dorsal side of pronotum with anterior transverse carina complete (Fig. 399)...................................... 22 20. Mesoscutum with anteromedian escarpment and notaulices strongly connected (see Fig. 5 of Allen & Jaynes, 1930)............................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) katmanduae Allen - Mesoscutum with its anteromedian escarpment and notaulices not connected (Fig. 294)............................ 21 21. Impunctate part of pygidium conspicuously and broadly shagreened; lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove......................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) tuberculata Cameron - Impunctate part of pygidium not shagreened (Fig. 296); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 295)............................................................................ Tiphia (Tiphia) lawrencei Allen 22. Lateral side of pronotum with either very weak or without transdiscal groove (Fig. 400)............................ 23 - Lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 5).............................................. 24 23. Lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove (Fig. 400); fore wing slightly infumated (Fig. 402)........................................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) nilgirensis Allen - Lateral side of pronotum with a very weak transdiscal groove; fore wing strongly yellowish.. Tiphia (Tiphia) hirsuta Smith 24. Dorsal side of propodeum without submarginal carina (Fig. 544); fore wing yellowish (Fig. 547); hind tibia inflated (2.2 × as long as broad); larger species (13–16 mm)........... Tiphia (Tiphia) venkataramani Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. - Dorsal side of propodeum with submarginal carina (Figs 9, 79); fore wing hyaline or brownish infumated; hind tibia usually not inflated (2.4–3.0 × as long as broad); small to medium-sized species (5.5–10 mm)................................. 25 25. Wings yellowish hyaline (Fig. 82); carina of propodeal areola margined by obscure crenulations (Fig. 79); smaller species (5.5–6.0 mm).............................................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) cinchonae Allen - Wings brown infumated (Fig. 10); carina of propodeal areola margined by distinct crenulations (Fig. 9); medium-sized species (7–10 mm)............................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) bijui Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. 26. Tegula at least 1.5 × as long as middle width (Fig. 533)...................................................... 27 - Tegula at most only slightly longer than middle width (Fig. 246)............................................... 30 27. Pronotum with vestigial anterior transverse carina present on humeral third (Fig. 533); mid leg castaneous except coxa (Figs 529, 532).................................................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) tegelonga Allen - Pronotum without anterior transverse carina; mid leg black except sometimes tarsi castaneous....................... 28 28. Legs and antennae entirely black; upper front with interspaces between punctures, on average, as wide as or wider than ocellus diameter.................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) oswini Turner - Legs not entirely black, sometimes fore tibia beneath red or fore and mid tarsi castaneous; antennal flagellum on lower side partly or completed castaneous; upper front with no interspaces between punctures, on average, as wide as ocellus diameter.................................................................................................... 29 29. Fore tibia beneath red; basal four flagellar segments beneath red................... Tiphia (Tiphia) knutsoni Krombein - Fore tibia beneath black; all flagellar segments beneath red........................ Tiphia (Tiphia) bouceki Krombein 30. Hind femur completely bright red (Fig. 245)............................................................... 31 - Hind femur not completely bright red, although in some species middle and hind legs are reddish at least on inner surface..................................................................................................... 37 31. Mid femur black........................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) robusta Cameron - Mid femur red (Fig. 245).............................................................................. 32 32. Upper front without impunctate interspaces between punctures, on average, as wide as ocellus diameter................ 33 - Upper front with impunctate interspaces between punctures, on average, wider than ocellus diameter (Fig. 243)......... 34 33. Subtegular patch of microsetae wider than tegula.................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) davarae Allen - Subtegular patch of microsetae narrower than tegula............................. Tiphia (Tiphia) magrettii Cameron 34. Lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove across its disc (Figs 247, 268)............................. 35 - Lateral side of pronotum without transdiscal groove across its disc, or if present, very weakly developed (Figs 310, 480).. 36 35. Mid and hind femora bright red (Fig. 263); mid and hind tibiae black; areola of dorsal side of propodeum without punctures (Fig. 267); apical half of pygidium polished and obscurely wrinkled (Fig. 270)........ Tiphia (Tiphia) khasiana Cameron - Mid and hind femora and tibia bright red (Fig. 242); areola of dorsal side of propodeum with punctures (Fig. 246); apical half of pygidium shagreened and apical margin wrinkled (Fig. 250)... Tiphia (Tiphia) kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar 36. Hind basitarsus with very deep, narrow groove (Fig. 482); fore wing slightly brownish infumated (Fig. 483); metasoma broadly shagreened............................................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) rufofemorata Smith - Hind basitarsus with short, shallow groove, easily overlooked; fore wing yellowish hyaline (Fig. 312); metasoma polished, not shagreened...................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) levipunctata Allen & Jaynes 37. Lateral side of pronotum without or weakly developed transdiscal groove across its disc (Fig. 138)................... 38 - Lateral side of pronotum with well-developed transdiscal groove or escarpment across its disc (Fig. 128)............... 42 38. Dorsal side of pronotum with complete anterior transverse carina present as series of short scallops (Fig. 137); hind basitarsus with short, shallow groove (Fig. 140)....................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) curvinerva Cameron - Dorsal side of pronotum with anterior transverse carina at most restricted to short distance at humeral angle (Fig. 424).... 39 39. Gt 1 with patch of dense micropunctures on anterior slope; preapical band of punctures of Gt 1 without escarpment on anterior border.................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) tibetana Turner - Gt1 without dense patch of micropunctures on anterior slope; preapical band of punctures of Gt1 with or without faint, crooked escarpment on its anterior border........................................................................ 40 40. Propodeal areola short, not more than 2 × as long as its apical width; preapical band of punctures of Gt 1 with faint escarpment on anterior border.................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) pullivora Allen & Jaynes - Propodeal areola elongate, more than 2.5 × as long as its apical width (Fig. 389); preapical band of punctures of Gt 1 without trace of escarpment on anterior border (Fig. 393)........................................................... 41 41. Rugulae of lateral sides of propodeum coarse and widely separated; fore wing darkly infumated; mid tibia elongate and not inflated.................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) millealta Allen - Rugulae of lateral sides of propodeum shallow and closely spaced (Fig. 390); fore wing yellowish infumated (Fig. 392); mid tibia inflated on upper and outer surface.............................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) nepa Allen 42. Pygidium strongly rugose at apex (Fig. 426)............................................................... 43 - Pygidium on apical two-fifths or more smooth, not rugose or punctate (Fig. 36)................................... 44 43. Dorsal side of pronotum with strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly; scutum with anteromedian groove and notauli strongly connected; metanotum entirely coarse punctate............................ Tiphia (Tiphia) ordinaria Smith * - Dorsal side of pronotum without strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly (Fig. 424); scutum with anteromedian groove and notauli not connected (Fig. 424); metanotum laterally coarsely punctured and medially almost smooth without punctures (Fig. 424).................................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) novus Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. 44. Lateral side of propodeum at least its upper part with fine or closely spaced rugulae (Fig. 128)....................... 45 - Lateral side of propodeum on upper part at least anteriorly with widely spaced rugulae (Fig. 33)...................... 46 45. Lateral side of pronotum with broad groove across its disc; metanotum usually with distantly placed punctures; marginal cell of fore wing with outwardly directed straight spur................................. Tiphia (Tiphia) s-secunda Allen - Lateral side of pronotum with deep and narrow groove across its disc (Fig. 128); metanotum with coarse punctures (Fig. 127); marginal cell of fore wing without outwardly directed straight spur (Fig. 130)............ Tiphia (Tiphia) consueta Smith 46. Groove on hind basitarsus shallow, short, vestigial........................ Tiphia (Tiphia) brevistigma Allen & Jaynes - Groove on hind basitarsus well developed (Fig. 94)......................................................... 47 47. Upper part of front with impunctate interspaces between punctures, on average, as wide as ocellus diameter (Fig. 90)......................................................................... Tiphia (Tiphia) clauseni Allen & Jaynes - Upper part of front without impunctate interspaces between punctures, on average, as wide as ocellus diameter.......... 48 48. Vertex with obscure row of minute punctures on median line extending forward from posterior aspect................. 49 - Vertex without obscure row of minute punctures on median line............................................... 50 49. Large species (Body length: 13.6–16.6 mm) with fore wing conspicuously flavous......... Tiphia (Tiphia) s-quarta Allen - Medium-sized species (Body length: 8.5–11 mm) with fore wing infumated.......... Tiphia (Tiphia) simlaensis Cameron 50. Hind tibia with its sensorium abruptly sunk below surrounding surface.................... Tiphia (Tiphia) s-sexta Allen - Hind tibia w, 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 6-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls.","Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of ceylonese wasps, IX. A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian contributions to Zoology, Washington, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374","Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1"]}

14. Tiphia (Punctotiphia) exacta Nurse, 1903, subgeneric comb. nov. (Figs 170–179) Tiphia exacta Nurse, 1903: 400. Holotype, ♀, Kashmir, India (NHMUK). Tiphia (Tiphia) exacta; Allen, 1969: 402; Allen, 1975: 73–74. Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Manipuram (11°24′45″N & 75°56′20″E, 61m), 16.v.2019, Coll. C. Binoy, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.17762. Diagnosis. Body length 10.5 mm. Clypeus with median extension slightly emarginated (Fig. 172); clypeus with its basal part with punctures and apical part smooth and shiny (Fig. 172); dorsal side of pronotum with complete anterior transverse carina; lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 175); fore wing yellowish (Fig. 177); dorsal side of propodeum outside areola with reticulations and punctures (Fig. 174); carina of propodeal areola margined by crenulations (Fig. 174); metanotum with punctures concentrated on laterally, medially smooth (Fig. 174); Gt 1 with a transverse carina anteriorly (Fig. 178); inner surface of hind basitarsus with a long, deep groove. Variations. The specimens examined here differ in dorsal pronotal carina compared to the description of Allen (1975). Dorsal side of pronotum with complete anterior transverse carina in the specimens examined, while dorsal side of pronotum with transverse carina present only at humeral angle according to Allen. Male. Unknown. Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala (new record)., 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 39-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Nurse, C. G. (1903) New species of India Aculeate Hymenoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 7, 11, 400 - 401. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930308678789","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls."]}

17. Tiphia (Tiphia) hirsuta Smith, 1855 (Figs 206–218) Tiphia hirsuta Smith, 1855: 83 [m3; northern India; type in NHMUK]; Cameron, 1892: 115; Bingham, 1897: 63, 64; Dalla Torre, 1897: 137; Hedicke, 1936:13; Allen, 1969: 393, 394 [type redescription and synonymy of T. tarsata and T. clypealis]; Allen, 1975: 33, 34 [northern India, Nepal]. Tiphia tarsata Cameron, 1897: 44 [♂; Mussouri; type in OUM]; Hedicke, 1936: 24. Tiphia clypealis Cameron, 1897: 47, 48 [♂ not ♀; Mussouri; type in OUM]; Turner, 1908b: 124 [incorrectly synonymizes T. flavipennis Bingham and T. quinquecarinata Cameron]; Allen and Jaynes, 1930: 97; Hedicke, 1936: 7. Tiphia (Tiphia) hirsuta; Allen, 1969: 393; Allen, 1975: 33–34. Tiphia hirsuta; Krombein, 1982: 46–49. Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Gujarat, Surat, Moti Cher (21°14′38″N & 73°21′26″E, 47 m), 27.vii.1993, Coll. S.K. Gupta, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13167; 1♂, Kerala, Kollam district, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulathupuzha (8°54′35″ N & 77°03′37″ E, 143 m), 9.xii.2021, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19738. 7♂, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″ N & 77°39′55″ E, 399m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13108 & 18176–18181; 2♂, Uttarkhashi district, Barkot (30°48′35″ N & 78°12′33″ E, 1292 m), 23.vi.2008, Coll. Sudhir Singh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13166, 18185; 2♂, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus (30°20′46″ N & 78°00′52″ E, 682 m), 17.vii.2019, 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13109 & 13110; 1♂, Dehradun, ZSI Campus (30° 20′ 46″ N & 78° 00′ 52″ E, 682 m), 9.viii.1993, Coll. S.K. Gupta, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13111. Diagnosis. Body length 7.9–10.2 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 208); clypeus, gena and mesopleuron masked with coarse white setae (Figs 208, 211); lateral side of pronotum with distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 211); fore wing with marginal cell of fore wing slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 213); Gs 5 with lateral denticle; Gs 6 with tuft of fine setae (Fig. 215); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 214); tegula (Fig. 210), posterior margin of pronotum (Fig. 210), underside of antennae (Fig. 212), clypeus (Fig. 208), tarsi of fore and mid legs and tibia of fore leg yellowish orange (Figs 206, 209). Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk and rounded flat apex covered with setae; digitus rounded apically; cuspis slender and beak-like apically; aedeagus folded completely (Figs 216–218). Female. Unknown. Distribution. India: Gujarat (new record), Kerala (new record), Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal., 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 page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194, {"references":["Smith, F. (1855) Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 3. Mutillidae and Pompilidae, London, 497 pp.","Cameron, P. (1892) Hymenoptera Orientalis, or contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Indian Zoological Region, Part 4: Scoliidae. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 5 (4), 97 - 137.","Bingham, C. T. (1897) The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma: Hymenoptera, 1 (Wasps and Bees). s. n., London, 579 pp., 189 figs., 4 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 100738","Dalla Torre, K. W. von (1897) Fossores (Sphegidae). Catalogus Hymenopterorum, Leipzig, 8, 1 - 749.","Hedicke, H. (1936) Tiphiidae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Part 1, 1 - 32.","Allen, H. W. (1969) Redescriptions of types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 95, 353 - 438.","Allen, H. W. (1975) The genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent. Bulletin of United States Department of Agriculture, 1509, 1 - 96, 6 pls.","Cameron, P. (1897) Hymenoptera Orientalia, or Contributions to a Knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the Oriental Zoological Region, Part 5. Manchester Society Memoirs, 41, 44 - 51.","Turner, R. E. (1908 b) Remarks on the Hymenopterous genus Tiphia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 2, 116 - 131. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930808692459","Allen, H. W. & Jaynes, H. A. (1930) Contribution to the taxonomy of Asiatic wasps of the genus Tiphia (Scoliidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 76 (17), 1 - 105, pls. 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.76 - 2814.1","Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of ceylonese wasps, IX. A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian contributions to Zoology, Washington, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374"]}

The genus Sphex Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) is studied from India and key to Indian species is provided. The state-wise distributions of four species of Sphex are augmented here. A new synonymy is proposed: Sphex zubaidiyacus Augul, 2013 = S. obscurus (Fabricius, 1804)., {"references":["Bingham, C.T. (1897) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera, I - Wasps and Bees. Taylor and Francis, London. 579 p. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.100738"]}