Tiphia campanula Smith 1879

Tiphia campanula Smith, 1879:186.—Allen 1962:62

The most distinctive characters are the narrow cheeks, the complete row of buttressing ridges of the dorsal pronotum, the lack of transverse carina on the first tergum and of sternal denticles, and the brush of fine hairs on the sixth sternum.

MALE.—Front on upper part without interspaces as wide as an ocellus. Cheek narrower than antennal fossa. Mandible without preapical denticle.

Dorsal pronotum with a high transverse carina buttressed its entire length with many distinguishable cross ridges. Mesopleuron with primary punctures on its disc widely spaced with only a few interspaced minute secondaries. Hind tibia with a conspicuous carina on its inner face. Tegula not elongated, without shagreening or marginal groove. Forewing nearly hyaline; radial cell greatly exceeding second cubital cell in lateral extension.

Dorsal propodeum lateral of areola without strong sculpturing. Posterior aspect of propodeum without median carina. Tergum 1 without transverse carina; preapical band a single narrow row of punctures deeply impressed, the punctures coalesced. Terga 3 and 4 with punctures near middle much larger and sparser than those anterior to them. Sternum 5 without lateral denticles. Sternum 6 medially with a conspicuous brush of yellowish hairs.

Length 6 mm.

FEMALE.—Unknown.

Known only from the designated type specimen in the British Museum from Teffé, Brazil.