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 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.1 1175-5326 7918890 10739869-526E-4B61-A955-901724CA7198 Tiphia ( Tiphia ) pulchaukiae Allen, 1975 , new record ( Figs 111–116 ) Tiphia ( Tiphia ) pulchaukiae Allen, 1975: 8–10 ; Boni Bartalucci, 2010: 123 . Material examined. 2♁, China , Tibet prov. , Linzhi City, Bomi County, 29°51′1″N , 95°46′4″E , 2727 m , 25.VII.2014 , Tingjing Li (CNU). FIGURES 111–116. Tiphia ( Tiphia ) pulchaukiae Allen , ♁. 111. Habitus, dorsal view; 112. Head, frontal view (pd: preapical denticle of mandible); 113. Vertex, dorsal view; 114. Mesoscutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view; 115. S5, lateral view (ld: lateral denticle of S5); 116. S1, ventral view. Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 111 ). Body length 7.8–8.2 mm , forewing length 5.1–5.4 mm . Mandible ( Fig. 112 ) with preapical denticle and obsolete intermittent impressed line; clypeus ( Fig. 112 ) with coarse and dense punctures, apex medially emarginated; frons ( Fig. 112 ) with medial longitudinal narrow carina; lower frons with dense punctures, somewhat reticulate, upper frons with sparse punctures; vertex ( Fig. 113 ) with relatively sparser punctures; pronotal anterior carina ( Fig. 111 ) complete; mesoscutellum and metanotum ( Fig. 114 ) with sparse punctures; tegula atmost slightly longer than middle width, posterior margin without transverse impressed line; apex of marginal cell of forewing ( Fig. 111 ) not exceeding second submarginal cell; horizontal area of propodeal dorsal face ( Fig. 114 ) with sparse transverse striae, oblique area with dense crenulations and without submarginal carina, posteriorly with short longitudinal striae connecting transverse carina; propodeal areola ( Fig. 114 ) subtrapezoidal, distinctly convergent posteriorly, APWL=3.7: 2.5: 5.6, medial longitudinal carina reaching posterior 2/3 of areola; subposterior area of T1 ( Fig. 111 ) close to apex and not depressed, with 2–3 transverse rows of punctures; surface of S1 ( Fig. 116 ) deeply creased, and without posterolateral groove; T3–T6 and S2–S5 with sparse punctures; S5 ( Fig. 115 ) with lateral denticle, and without deep orifice. Female. Unknown. Distribution. China ( Tibet ); India ; Nepal .