36. Tiphia (Tiphia) rufofemorata Smith, 1855

(Figs 475–485)

Tiphia rufofemorata Smith, 1855: 83 . Holotype, ♀, Norther India (NHMUK); Bingham, 1897: 57, 58; Bingham, 1906: 36; Turner, 1909: 482.

Tiphia cassiope Cameron, 1897: 48; Bingham, 1897: 57, 59.

Tiphia (Tiphia) rufofemorata; Allen, 1969: 410; Allen, 1975: 79, 80.

Material examined. 1♀, INDIA: Uttarakhand, Tehri Garhwal district, Kanatal (30°24′43″N & 78°20′34″E, 2297m), 20.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16674 ; 1♀, Dehradun district, Asarori (30°15′02″N & 77°58′50″E, 715m), 25.viii.2009, Coll. Sudhir Singh, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.16675 .

Diagnosis. Body length 11.3 mm. Apex of clypeal lobe slightly emarginated (Fig. 477); lateral side of pronotum with weakly developed transdiscal groove (Fig. 480); dorsal side of propodeum with elongate rectangular shaped areola with length 3.5 × apical width (Fig. 479); median carina of areola short, 1/3 of total length of areola (Fig. 479); tegula only slightly longer than middle width (Fig. 479); fore wing slightly infumate (Fig. 483); femora of mid and hind legs red (Fig. 478); hind basitarsus with deep narrow groove (Fig. 482); Gt 1 without anterior transverse carina (Fig. 484).

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in the measurements of areola and shape of areola compared to the description of Allen (1975). Areola rectangular shaped and length 3.5 × apical width in the specimens examined, while areola slightly tapered and length almost 4 × apical width according to Allen.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Uttarakhand.