Cyanotiphia breviclypeola Feng, Chen & Li, 2025

Cyanotiphia breviclypeola Feng, Chen & Li , sp. nov.

( Figs 1–8 View FIGURES 1–8 )

Type material. Holotype, ♂, China, Chongqing City, Wuxi County, Hongchiba Town , Chashan Village , 31°31’26”N, 108°57’4”E, 731 m, 18.VIII.2019, Xun-Dong Li ( CNU). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The male of this species is similar to that of Cyanotiphia fenchihuensis ( Tsuneki, 1986) , comb. nov. in body color, the angle on transverse carina of anterior T1, and the distribution of punctures on body, but distinctly differs in the following characters: anterior margin of clypeus almost straight ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–8 ); lower frons without medial longitudinal carina ( Figs 2, 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ); dorsal pronotum posteriorly with impunctate margin ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); mesopleuron anteriorly with vertical carina not extending to ventral side; lateral longitudinal carina of disc of propodeum oblique outward, with short oblique and straight wrinkles between longitudinal carina and propodeal areola, propodeal areola short and wide ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ); and punctures on T1 denser, almost reticulate, and laterally even denser ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); S1 with few deep punctures along lateral carina, and without wrinkles ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–8 ); pygidium of T7 present, with lateral carina ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ).

It also can be distinguished from the type species Cyanotiphia ruficauda Cameron, 1907 by the following characters: body black, without metallic blue ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); punctures shallower on head and mesosoma, but deeper and denser on metasoma; anterior margin of clypeus almost straight ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–8 ); propodeal areola shorter, APWL = 2.2: 1.4: 1.4 ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ); lateral longitudinal carina of disc of propodeum oblique outward ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ); transverse carina on anterior T1 angled distinctly backward in the middle ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); the glossy cambered area on posterior T1 with a distinct anterior edge ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); and pygidium of T7 present, with lateral carina ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ).

Description. Male, holotype ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ). Body length 9.5 mm, forewing length 7 mm.

Color. Body almost entirely black; spur of fore leg brown ( Figs 1–3 View FIGURES 1–8 ); wings semitransparent, and marginal cell of forewing dark ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); setae of head and mesosoma brown mixed with white dorsally and white ventrally; metasomal setae brown mixed white ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–8 ).

Head. Mandible with preapical denticle, and without distinct medial transverse groove; clypeus short, its length subequal to WAS, slightly raised in the middle, anterior margin almost straight and with punctures and dense setae ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–8 ); W: OW: L: IOD=8.5: 3.9: 3.5: 4.6; OOD: POD: Od= 10: 9: 9; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL= 5: 7: 2: 8.5; lower frons with dense and reticulate punctures, and without medial longitudinal narrow carina ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–8 ); upper frons and vertex with moderate punctures, interspaces between punctures more or less polished ( Figs 2, 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ).

Mesosoma. Pronotal antero-dorsal carina distinct, medially sinuate backward triangularly; dorsal and lateral pronotum with dense punctures and with an impunctate posterior margin; mesoscutum, mesopleuron, scutellum and metanotum with dense punctures similar to reticulation; mesopleuron with anterior vertical carina extending from superior margin to lower margin of lateral side; propodeal areola highly raised and trapezoidal, APWL= 2.2: 1.4: 1.4, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 1/3 of areola ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ); lateral longitudinal carina of disc of propodeum oblique outward, with short oblique and straight wrinkles between longitudinal carina and propodeal areola, propodeal areola short and wide, almost as long as wide ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ); lateral surface of propodeum dorsally with distinct, long and oblique wrinkles, ventrally impunctate ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 1–8 ); posterior surface of propodeum with radial wrinkles; tegula large, reaching posterior 1/3 of mesoscutellum, opaque with shallow and dense punctures on anterior margin and interior half, and impunctate on external half ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); marginal cell of fore wing completely closed, the first submarginal cell incompletely separated by incomplete vein 2RS ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); fore tibia with one serrated spur apically; mid and hind tibiae with two spurs apically.

Metasoma. T1 separated by distinct transverse carina followed by short longitudinal wrinkles and angled backward in the middle ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); punctures on T1 dense, almost reticulate, and even denser on lateral side ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); T1 with impunctate margin posteriorly ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); S1 with few deep punctures along lateral carina, and without wrinkles ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–8 ); T2 anteriorly with row of short longitudinal wrinkles; posterior margin of T2 with narrow impunctate cambered area; other part of T2 distinctly punctate, punctures in the middle much sparser than laterally ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ); T3–T6 with dense punctures, anteriorly smaller and sparser; S2–S5 with sparse punctures and denser on posterior margin ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–8 ); S5 without lateral denticle; S6 with moderate punctures denser on posterior margin; pygidium of T7 present, with lateral carina; T7 densely puncto-reticulate and medially with longitudinal narrow carina ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–8 ).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Chongqing).

Etymology. The specific name of this species breviclypeola is derived from two Latin words: brevis (= short) + clypeolus (= clypeus), referring to the characteristic short clypeus.