Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907

Feng, Zi-Yan, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2025, A taxonomic review of the newly recorded genus Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Tiphiinae) from China, with a key to all known species, Zootaxa 5584 (4), pp. 592-598 : 593

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Genus Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907

Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907: 287 , ♀; Hedicke 1936: 28, ♀; Allen 1969: 372, ♀; Kimsey 1991: 437, ♀; Saini et al. 2022: 88 View Cited Treatment , ♀, ♂.

Type species. Cyanotiphia ruficauda Cameron, 1907: 287 , 288, by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis. Dorsal and lateral pronotum with dense punctures; disc of propodeum laterally with at least one complete, longitudinal carina running from anterior to posterior margin of this area and posteriorly connected with transverse carina ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 12 View FIGURES 9–16 ); posterior surface of propodeum with radial wrinkles ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 12 View FIGURES 9–16 ); vein 2RS incomplete, not reaching RS+M ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ); tegula distinctly large, slightly shorter than mesonotum ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ); mid tibia with two spurs apically; anterior T1 separated by distinct transverse carina followed by short longitudinal wrinkles ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ); T1 densely punctate, with posterior margin impunctate ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ); S1 laterally with strongly raised carina ( Figs 5 View FIGURES 1–8 , 14 View FIGURES 9–16 ); in female, mid and hind femora cylindrical, not flat ( Allen 1969; Cameron 1907; Saini et al. 2022; Tsuneki 1986).

Species included. There are three species in this genus: C. breviclypeola Feng, Chen & Li , sp. nov., C. fenchihuensis ( Tsuneki, 1986) , comb. nov., and C. ruficauda Cameron, 1907 .

Distribution. China ( Taiwan, *Guangdong, *Chongqing), Indonesia (North Sumatra, East Java), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak).

Remarks. The three genera, Cyanotiphia Cameron, 1907 , Tiphia Fabricius, 1775 , and Paratiphia Sichel, 1864 are more or less similar in morphology. Cyanotiphia Cameron differs from Tiphia Fabricius in these characters: dorsal and lateral pronotum with dense punctures; disc of propodeum laterally with at least one complete, longitudinal carina running from anterior to posterior margin of this area and posteriorly connected with transverse carina ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 12 View FIGURES 9–16 ); posterior surface of propodeum with radial wrinkles ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 12 View FIGURES 9–16 ); mid tibia with two spurs apically; and anterior T1 separated by distinct transverse carina followed by short longitudinal wrinkles ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ). Cyanotiphia Cameron differs from Paratiphia Sichel by the following: lateral pronotum in the male without a prominent, forward directed process; ventral aspect of hind femur without a carina in female ( Saini et al. 2022); tegula distinctly large, slightly shorter than mesonotum ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ); propodeum posteriorly with only one transverse carina ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 12 View FIGURES 9–16 ); lateral T1 without an abruptly depressed, finely setiferous plaque ( Allen 1968); abdominal segments with posterior margin impunctate ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 , 9 View FIGURES 9–16 ).