A taxonomic study of the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from Kashmir, India with the description of one new species

Hanima, Raveendran K.P.; Girish Kumar, Puthuvayi; Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal; Hussain Sheikh, Altaf

doi:10.52547/jibs.5.2.127

A taxonomic study of the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from Kashmir, India with the description of one new species

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Raveendran K.P. Hanima ¹

Puthuvayi Girish Kumar ¹

Pavittu Meethal Sureshan ¹

Altaf Hussain Sheikh ²

¹ Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673006, India.

² Government Degree College, Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir- 192305, India.

10.52547/jibs.5.2.127

Abstract

A new species of tiphiid wasp, namely, Tiphia kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described from Kashmir, India. Male of Tiphia khasiana is described for the first time. Key to species of Tiphia from the Indian subcontinent of Allen (1975) is modified here to accommodate the new species and male of T. khasiana.

Graphical Abstract

A taxonomic study of the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from Kashmir, India with the description of one new species

Keywords

Tiphia kashmirensis

new species

T. khasiana

T. exacta

Key

20.1001.1.24238112.2019.5.2.2.0

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