19. Tiphia (Tiphia) kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019 (Figs 232–252) Tiphia kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar, 2019: 127–141. Holotype, ♂, Shalimar Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir (ZSIK). Material examined: 3♀, INDIA: Karnataka, Shimoga district, Hosagadde, Near Kudajadri (13°51′45″N & 74°52′30″E, 1130 m), 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18371– 18373; 1♀, Kodagu district, Bettathur (12°24′29″N & 75°39′40″E, 1194 m), 23.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18381. 1♀, Jammu & Kashmir, Pulwama district, Shaji Marg (33°48′12.9″N & 74°49′37.5″E, 1569 m), 29.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/ INV.19373; 2♂, Pulwama district, Arehel (33°52′18.62″N & 74°53′57.75″E, 1652 m), 15.viii.2021, Coll. A.H. Sheikh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.19374–19375. 3♀, Kerala, Idukki district, Thekkadi, Kumarikulam (9°43′00″N & 76°57′51″E, 1003 m), 6.ix.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16630– 16633; 4♀, Thiruvananthapuram district, Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ponmudi (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 18.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18374–18377; 1♀, Wayanad district, Kalpatta, Madakkimala (8°46′32″N & 77°13′39″E, 1268 m), 6.i.2009, Coll. K. Rajmohana, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18566. 2♀, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris district, Coonoor (11°21′11″N & 76°47′45″E, 1835 m), 7.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18378–18379; 1♀, Nilgiris district, Ooty (11°24′51″N & 76°41′25″E, 2241 m), 8.i.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18380. 1♀, Uttarakhand, Tehri Garhwal district, Kanatal (30°24′43″N & 78°20′34″E, 2297m), 20.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18382; 1♀, Dehradun district, Chakrata (30°42′17″N & 77°52′11″E, 1963 m), 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.18383. Diagnosis. Male. Body length 7.1 mm. Median extension of clypeus bidentate (Fig. 234); upper half of frons with interspaces between punctures not narrower than ocellus; lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove intersected with ridges (Fig. 237); lateral side of propodeum with moderately spaced rugae (Fig. 237); metanotum laterally with coarse contiguous punctures and medially with few punctures (Fig. 236); POD 0.80–0.84 × OOL; fore wing with marginal cell shorter than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 239). Genitalia. Paramere with a stalk like basal part and almost rounded flat apex covered with setae; digitus rounded apically; cuspis broad and covered with setae; aedeagus short with lobed apical part (As in Fig. 7 of Hanima et al. 2019). Female. Body length 8.6–12.2 mm. Apical margin of clypeal lobe rounded (Fig. 244); lateral side of pronotum with a distinct transdiscal groove (Fig. 247); lateral carinae of areola convex towards basal part (Fig. 246); fore wing yellowish hyaline (Fig. 248); middle and hind trochanters, femora and tibia entirely bright red (Fig. 242); hind basitarsus with groove on inner face; Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 251); apical half of pygidium shagreened and apical margin wrinkled (Fig. 250). Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka (new record), Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand (new record).

Published as part of Hanima, Raveendran K. P., Kumar, Girish & Hegde, Vishwanath D., 2022, Additions to the knowledge on the genus Tiphia Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Tiphiinae) from India with the description of ten new species, pp. 1-106 in Zootaxa 5204 (1) on pages 49-52, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5204.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7285194