Tiphia ( Tiphia ) andhraensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2024

Tiphia ( Tiphia) andhraensis Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. ( Fig. 1A–J)

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Material examined. Holotype ♀, India: Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam district, Mudasarlova Reservoir area ( 17°46'2.1828''N, 83°17'42.6012''E, 72 m a.s.l.), 21.vii.2022, Coll. Deepa J. & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.25396. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The species name is derived from ‘Andhra Pradesh’, where the holotype is collected.

Diagnosis. The female is characterised by apical margin of median lobe of clypeus emarginated ( Fig. 1C); lateral side of pronotum with groove in the middle of disk ( Fig. 1G); mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notauli not connected ( Fig. 1F); propodeal areola tricarinate, propodeum with submarginal carina ( Fig. 1F); posterior side of propodeum with strong, median longitudinal carina ( Fig. 1H); metanotum with minute punctures ( Fig. 1F); fore wing apically hyaline with basal part moderately infumated ( Fig. 1D); hind wing hyaline ( Fig. 1E).

Description. Holotype (female). Length 12.40 mm. Body black except middle part of mandible reddish brown ( Fig. 1C), most apical part of pronotal margin and tegula yellowish orange ( Fig. 1F); pygidium apically brownish orange ( Fig. 1J); fore wing apically hyaline with basal part moderately infumated with stigma dark brown and veins yellowish orange ( Fig. 1D); hind wing hyaline ( Fig. 1E); setae silvery white ( Figs 1F, 1G).

Head. Irregular reticulations in between the medium-sized setigerous punctures ( Fig. 1B); Head width in frontal view 1.66× IOD ( Fig. 1B); eye without setae ( Fig. 1B); POL 2.4× LOL and 0.4× OOL ( Fig. 1B); lower front above antennal toruli without longitudinal carina ( Fig. 1B); gena with scattered long, white setae, wider than antennal fossa ( Fig. 1A); median lobe of clypeus deeply emarginate, apical part of median lobe smooth, with minute punctures, basal part with large punctures ( Fig. 1C); mandible without preapical denticle ( Fig. 1C).

Mesosoma . Uneven and with scattered punctures in dorsal part except for propodeum ( Fig. 1F); dorsal side of pronotum without anterior transverse carina, anterior part with coarse punctures, posterior part without punctures except laterally ( Fig. 1F); lateral side of pronotum with a broad groove, above and below the groove with weak ridges ( Fig. 1G); mesoscutum coarsely punctured; scutellum except middle part with coarse, medium-sized punctures ( Fig. 1F); metanotum with scattered, minute punctures ( Fig. 1F); mesopleuron entirely punctured with large and small ones and covered with setae ( Fig. 1G); tegula shining, inner part with punctures, 1.3× as long as its median width ( Fig. 1F); dorsal side of propodeum with small reticulations and in between with punctures, areola tricarinate, middle carina broader than lateral carina and bifurcate at base, submarginal carina present ( Fig. 1F); median length of areola 2.4× its apical width and 1.5× its basal width; posterior side of propodeum with median longitudinal carina ( Fig. 1H), lateral side of propodeum on upper part with moderately well-spaced rugae and lower part with faint shagreen sculpture ( Fig. 1F); second cubital cell of fore wing with one spur ( Fig. 1D); hind basitarsus with groove on inner surface.

Metasoma. Smooth with setigerous punctures and density of punctures apically more than basal area ( Fig. 1I); first tergum without anterior transverse carina ( Fig. 1I); pygidium rugose with coarse punctures on basal half and micro sculptured and coriaceous apically ( Fig. 1J); metasoma 1.3× as long as mesosoma.

Measurements (mm). Head width in frontal view – 3.12; IOD – 1.88; POL – 0.34; LOL – 0.14; OOL – 0.86; length of areola – 1.05; apical width of areola – 0.44; basal width of areola – 0.72; length of mesosoma – 4.87; length of metasoma – 6.4.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh.

Remarks. The female of this new species comes to Tiphia ( Tiphia) ordinaria Smith in the identification key by Hanima et al. (2022) but differs distinctly by the following characters: (1) posterior side of propodeum with strong, median longitudinal carina (posterior side of propodeum without median longitudinal carina in Tiphia ( Tiphia) ordinaria ); (2) dorsal side of pronotum without strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly (dorsal side of pronotum with strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly in Tiphia ( Tiphia) ordinaria ); (3) metanotum with sparse punctures (metanotum with coarse punctures in Tiphia ( Tiphia) ordinaria ); (4) mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notauli not connected (mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notauli strongly connected in Tiphia ( Tiphia) ordinaria ).

Modified part of the key to the Tiphia species from the Indian subcontinent. (after Hanima et al., 2022, to accommodate the new species).

43 Mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notauli strongly connected; dorsal side of pronotum with strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly. ............................... Tiphia ( Tiphia) ordinaria Smith, 1873

— Mesoscutum with anteromedian groove and notauli not connected ( Fig. 1F); dorsal side of pronotum without strong, complete transverse carina anteriorly ( Figs 1F & 1G). ................................................... 43a

43a Posterior side of propodeum with strong, median longitudinal carina ( Fig. 1H); metanotum with sparse punctures ( Fig. 1F). ................................................................... Tiphia ( Tiphia) andhraensis sp. nov.

— Posterior side of propodeum without median carina (fig. 424 in Hanima et al. 2022); metanotum laterally with coarse punctures, medially smooth (fig. 424 in Hanima et al. 2022). ..................................... ..................................................................................... Tiphia ( Tiphia) novus Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2022