Pseudotiphia caspica, Boni & O, 2010

Boni, M. & O, Tiphia, 2010, A review of the genus Pseudotiphia ASHMEAD 1903 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1183-1236 : 1212-1213

Pseudotiphia caspica nov.sp.

H o l o t y p e: Azerbaijan = /Transkauk Helenendorf 1886/, NHMW

P a r a t y p e: Azerbaiijan = /Aserbeidzhan Sabirabad 5.V.1969 /, OLML

Female. Holotype. Figs- 96-97. Measurements: body length = 11.5 mm; forewing length = 6.5mm

Habitus and coloration like in Ps. villosa , but semitransparent light brown tegulae veins and pterostigma; wings yellow.

p are less impressed everywhere and sparser on ventral es 2, basal 6 th tergum and mainly on Sc 1 where no gradulus exixts along its fore border. PoG strongly depressed compared with genal surface. Labrum rounded in frontal aspect. Lateral N 1 with a distinct major groove on its middle among wrinkles. Omaulus well produced and complete getting half the signum which is well impressed and distinct. es 3 wrinkled, hardly distinct from wrinkled lateral P. Well produced areola with almost complete median ridge. The whole surface of of horizontal P with well distinct transversal and regularly spaced wrinkles. Reddish and large sensorial area on mid tibia. Strongly impressed sensorial area on hind tibia. Straight gradulus on 1 st tergum and weak tracks on 2 nd sternum. 2 nd tergum without any sub-basal gradulus.

Male. Figs 98-103 . Measurements: body length = 10 mm.

Habitus and coloration like Ps. villosa but slightly brigther tegulae veins and pterostigma.

Head differently shaped and less transversal in dorsal aspect, ratio LA / A about 1.9 (2.2 in Ps. villosa ). PoG strongly depressed compared with genal surface. Larger smooth areas around ocelli. Flagellomeri with tyloids like Ps. fulvipennis (no tyloid on basal flagellomerus) but more slender, their ratio L / LA of 2 nd to 9 th flagellomerus between 1.25 and 1.35 (1.1 to 1.3 in Ps. fulvipennis ). Complete and well developed carina along foreborder of N 1. Omaulus completely and well produced, getting half signum which is well impressed and defined. es 3 with irregular (and less weak than in lateral P) wrinkles. Posterior P concave without any trace of vertical ridge. Weak tracks of graduli on sides of 1 st tergum and 2 nd sternum. No tuberculum on the sides of 5 th sternum. Weaker and sparse p on N 1 disk and ventral es 2 where iS are as large or larger than their diametre (no iS in Ps. villosa ). Very sparse p without any secondary small p among them on ventral coxae (bipunctate coxae with densely p X 3 in Ps. villosa ). Sensorial areas well impressed like in female.

Note. Male and female differ from the other members of the clade in the regular sculpture of horizontal P. The male differs also in the well developed carina along the foreborder of N1 and simple apex of the basal gonosquama.

Figures

Figs 96-103. Pseudotiphia caspica (Holotypus) – (96) propodeum, dorsal aspect; (97) labrum, frontal aspect. Pseudotiphia caspica (Paratypus) – (98) head, dorsal aspect; (99) basal flagellomeri; (100) labrum, frontal aspect; (101) propodeum, dorsal aspect; (102) fore wing; (103) gonosquama, inner lateral aspect.