Tiphia (Tiphia) chihpenchia Tsuneki 1986

Tiphia (Tiphia) chihpenchia Tsuneki, 1986 (Figs 22–27) Tiphia (Tiphia) chihpenchia Tsuneki, 1986a: 66–67. Material examined. 1♁, China, Zhejiang prov., Lishui City, Suichang County, Xinluwan Town, Sanjing Village, 28°38’16”N, 119°09’46”E, 1016 m, 20.VII.2021, Xiangping Liao (CNU); 1♁, China, Guangdong prov., Guangzhou City, Zengcheng District, Xiaolou Town, 23°22′44″N, 113°49′55″E, 114 m, 10.VII.2019, Yi Guo (IPP-GAAS); 1♀ 2 ♁, China, Chongqing City, Wuxi County, Yulin Country, Changwen Village, 31°39’54”N, 109°28’8”E, 716 m, 23.VIII.2019, Xiangping Liao (CNU); 1♁, China, Chongqing City, Jiangjin District, Simian Mountain, 29°39’57”N, 106°14’44”E, 1329 m, 8.VII.2007, Yingchun Xia (CNU); 9♁, China, Yunnan prov., Lincang City, Shuangjiang County, Bujingxin Village, 23°26’9.6”N, 99°42’29”E, 1174 m, 7. VI.2019, Huachuan Wang (CNU); 2♁, China, Yunnan prov., Simao City, Jingdong County, Wenjing Town, 24°17’53”N, 100°56’15”E, 1170 m, 29.IV.2005, Hechuan Wang (YNAU); 1♁, China, Yunnan prov., Simao City, Jingdong County, Jingping Town, 24°17’53”N, 100°56’15”E, 1170 m, 28.IV.2005, Hechuan Wang (YNAU). First description of female. (Fig. 22) Body length 13.1 mm, forewing length 9.6 mm. Color. Body almost black, with long pale brown setae; mandible (Fig. 23) dark red; pygidium posteriorly (Fig. 27) brown; wings infuscate, pterostigma and veins dark brown. Head. Mandible (Fig. 23) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus (Fig. 23) basally with coarse dense punctures and apically impunctate, apex medially slightly emarginated; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 4.6: 5: 6.2; OOD: POD: Od=10: 5.1: 2.3; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=10: 4.4: 1.7: 6.6: 4.4; frons (Fig. 23) without medial longitudinal narrow groove and carina, lower half with big and dense punctures, upper half with sparse punctures; vertex (Fig. 24) laterally with dense punctures along inner margin of eye, elsewhere with sparse punctures. Mesosoma. Pronotal anterior carina (Fig. 22) absent, anterior half of pronotum with moderate punctures, posterior half smooth; pronotum latero-ventrally (Fig. 26) with distinct groove in middle, area above groove almost impunctate, with several sparse punctures, area below groove with dense oblique striae; mesoscutum (Fig. 25) almost impunctate, with several punctures, anterior medial groove separated from notaulus; mesopleuron with coarse and dense punctures; mesoscutellum and metanotum with sparse punctures; propodeal dorsal face (Fig. 25) coriaceous, and with several sparse punctures, without submarginal carina and posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola (Fig. 25) rectangular, weakly convergent posteriorly, APWL=2.4: 2.0: 5.6, medial longitudinal carina interrupted, reaching posterior 1/2 of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally with dense long oblique wrinkles, ventrally with sparse minute punctures; posterior surface of propodeum with coarse and dense punctures, without short medial longitudinal carina; tegula (Fig. 25) atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; second intercubital vein of forewing (Fig. 22) nearly straight; fore tibia with one spur apically, mid and hind tibiae with 2 spurs apically; inner face of hind basitarsus medially with longitudinal groove. Metasoma. Anterior half of T1 (Fig. 22) with a few scattered and shallow punctures; subposterior area of T1 close to middle and distinctly with one transverse row of punctures, posterior half impunctate; S1 anteriorly with coarse punctures, medially scattered and minute punctures, without posterolateral groove; T2 antero-laterally with costate transverse depression (Fig. 22), medially obsolete; T2 anteriorly and medially with sparse punctures, posteriorly with scattered punctures; T3–T5 anteriorly and posteriorly with dense punctures; S2–S5 with denser punctures than T3–T5; pygidium anteriorly (Fig. 27) with dense punctures and strong setae, posteriorly impunctate. Male. Body length 6.4–10.8 mm, forewing length 5.2–7.4 mm. Mandible without preapical denticle; clypeus laterally with dense punctures, medially sparser, apex medially emarginated; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 4.2: 4.6: 6.3; OOD: POD: Od=10: 7.1: 2.7; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=7.9: 6.2: 3.5: 10: 7.2; lower frons with dense punctures and somewhat reticulate, upper frons with sparse punctures; pronotal anterior carina complete; pronotum, mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum with sparse punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing distinctly exceeding second submarginal cell; propodeal areola subrectangular, APWL=3.5: 1.7: 4.8, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 1/2 of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally with dense long oblique wrinkles, ventrally coriaceous; subposterior area of T1 close to apex and distinctly with one transverse row of punctures; S1 anteriorly with medial longitudinal carina; S5 with lateral denticle strong, and without deep orifice. Distribution. China (Hebei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Taiwan).
Published as part of Han, Qian, Wang, He-Sheng, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the nominotypical subgenus Tiphia Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from China, with three new species and a key to the Chinese species, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 5284 (1) on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7918890
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