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 Author Han, Qian Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China & qian _ han 0301 @ 163. com Author Wang, He-Sheng Hainan Datian National Nature Reserve Administration, Dongfang 572625, China. Author Chen, Bin Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China & c _ bin @ hotmail. com Author Li, Ting-Jing Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-10 5284 1 1 43 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.1 journal article 53329 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.1 7d73675c-1210-4e38-8ccc-8f74c5fa63e9 1175-5326 7918890 10739869-526E-4B61-A955-901724CA7198 Tiphia ( Tiphia ) taiwana Ishikawa , 1967 ( Figs 55–59 ) Tiphia taiwana Ishikawa , 1967: 294–296 . Tiphia ( Tiphia ) taiwana Ishikawa : Tsuneki, 1986a: 41–42 . Material examined. 1♀ , 1♁, China , Zhejiang prov. , Lin’an City , Xitianmu Mountain , 30°19’16”N , 119°26’51”E , 375 m , 14.VIII–10.IX.2011 , Hui Pan ( CNU ) . FIGURES 55–59. Tiphia ( Tiphia ) taiwana Ishikawa, ♁. 55. Habitus, dorsal view; 56. Head, frontal view; 57. Vertex, dorsal view; 58. Mesosoma , lateral view; 59. Mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view. First description of male. ( Fig. 55 ) Body length 9.5 mm , forewing length 6.2 mm . Color. Body almost black, with long pale brown setae; mandible ( Fig. 56 ) and tegula dark red; flagellum, fore tibia and tarsus brown; wings infuscate, pterostigma and veins dark brown. Head. Mandible ( Fig. 56 ) without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 56 ) laterally with coarse and dense punctures, medially sparser, apex medially emarginated in middle; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 5.1: 5.1: 6; OOD: POD: Od=10: 9: 7; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=5: 4.7: 2.1: 10: 7.1; lower frons ( Fig. 56 ) with dense punctures, upper frons with sparser punctures; vertex ( Fig. 57 ) with smaller and sparser punctures than upper frons, interspaces coriaceous. Mesosoma . Pronotal anterior carina complete, anterior half of pronotum with moderate punctures, posterior half smooth; pronotum latero-ventrally ( Fig. 58 ) with distinct groove in middle, area above groove smooth, area below groove with a few oblique striae; mesoscutum with sparse punctures, punctures gradually denser from anterior to posterior area; mesopleuron ( Fig. 58 ) with small and sparse punctures; mesoscutellum and metanotum ( Fig. 59 ) with sparse punctures; horizontal area of propodeal dorsal face ( Fig. 59 ) with irregularly transverse striae, oblique area impunctate and without submarginal carina, posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola ( Fig. 59 ) rectangular, APWL =2.7: 2.6: 4.7, medial longitudinal carina extending posterior margin of areola; lateral surface of propodeum dorsally ( Fig. 58 ) with sparse long oblique wrinkles, ventrally smooth; posterior surface of propodeum with coarse and dense punctures, without short medial longitudinal carina; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing ( Fig. 55 ) distinctly exceeding second submarginal cell. Metasoma. Anterior half of T 1 ( Fig. 55 ) with sparse shallow punctures; subposterior area of T 1 close to apex and slightly depressed, with 2–3 transverse rows of punctures; anterior area of S1 close to middle strongly arched, with a few coarse punctures, and without posterolateral groove; T 2 anteriorly with costate transverse depression ( Fig. 55 ), close to middle with dense punctures, posteriorly smooth; T 3– T 6 with dense punctures; S2–S6 with moderate punctures, almost evenly spaced; S5 with lateral denticle, without deep orifice. Female. Body length 16.7 mm , forewing length 7.1 mm . Mid and hind trochanter, femora, and tibiae bright red; mandible without distinct medial transverse groove and preapical denticle, atmost with obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus with coarse punctures, apex medially emarginated; W: OW: L: IOD=10: 3.9: 5.8: 5.8; OOD: POD: Od=10: 7.4: 3.6; AOD: WAS: IAD: CL: CAW=10: 5.1: 2.7: 6.1: 6; lower frons with dense punctures, upper frons with sparse punctures; pronotal anterior carina absent; pronotum latero-ventrally with interrupted groove in middle, without deep punctures; mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum with sparse punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; inner face of hind basitarsus medially with longitudinal groove; second intercubital vein of forewing sinuous; lateral carina of propodeal areola parallel posteriorly, providing rectangular shape, APWL =1.8: 2.5: 5.7, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 3/4 of areola; surface of propodeal areola smooth; subposterior area of T 1 close to apex and slightly depressed, with irregularly scattered punctures; S1 anteriorly without medial longitudinal carina, with posterolateral groove; T 3– T 5 anteriorly with dense punctures, punctures gradually sparser from anterior to posterior area; anterior half of pygidium with dense punctures, and posterior half impunctate. Distribution. China ( Hebei , Zhejiang , Guangdong , Chongqing , Yunnan , Shaanxi , Taiwan) .