2. Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae Allen, 1975

(Figs 11–20)

Tiphia (Tiphia) birganjae Allen, 1975: 47–49 . Holotype, ♂, Lothar near Birganj, Nepal (CERI).

Material examined. 1♂, INDIA: Kerala, Kannur district, Manathana paddyfield (11°54’51″N & 75°45’13″E, 92 m), 13.i.2018, Coll. T. Biju, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13247 . 1♂, Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Anaikatti (11°06′16″N & 76°46′25″E, 621 m), 28.xii.2018, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13641 . 4♂, Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary (30°26′13″N & 77°39′55″E, 399m), 17.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13164 & 18182– 18184 ; 1♂, Dehradun district, Garhi Cantt Area (30°21′37″N & 78°02′47″E, 750 m), 1.viii.1992, Coll. S.K. Gupta, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.13165 .

Diagnosis. Body length 4.9–6.2 mm. Front shagreened with setigerous punctures (Fig. 12); mandible without preapical denticle (Fig. 13); clypeus with median extension emarginated, with coarse punctures (Fig. 13); HW 1.86 × least distance between eyes; dorsal pronotal carina with longitudinal ridges (Fig. 15); lateral side of pronotum with transdiscal groove (Fig. 16); mesopleuron with large coarse punctures mixed with small ones (Fig. 16); areola of propodeum keystone shaped, areolar carina without crenulations (Fig. 15); metanotum with large, coarse punctures (Fig. 15); antennae beneath yellowish orange (Fig. 17); legs (except coxa) yellowish orange (Figs 11, 14); marginal cell of fore wing short, only slightly longer than second cubital cell in apical extension (Fig. 18); Gs 5 with lateral denticle.

Genitalia. Paramere spatula-shaped and covered with long hairs; digitus apically with beak like projection; cuspis not clearly visible; aedeagus folded completely (Figs 21–23).

Female. Unknown.

Variations. The specimens examined here differ in HW and least distance between eyes compared to the description of Allen (1975). HW 1.86 × least distance between eyes in the specimens examined, while HW 2.2 × least distance between eyes according to Allen.

Distribution. India: Kerala (new record), Tamil Nadu (new record), Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal.