Pseudotiphia longicornis ( TOURNIER 1901) 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

Pseudotiphia longicornis ( TOURNIER 1901) comb.nov.

Tiphia longicornis TOURNIER 1901: 254-255 - Lectotypus here designated in order to ensure the name’ proper and consistent use: Morocco = / Tanger Olcese / / Tiphia longicornis T. (Type 3)/ (autographic?) / morio F. det. Dott. D. Guiglia/ /Muséè de Genève/, MHNG

Tiphia longicornis: ARBOUW (1984: 12 , under villosa fuscipennis)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Morocco = (1) /Tanger/ /Museum Paris Collection Ernest André 1914/, MHNP; (4) / l. Scaramozzino Meknes dint. Azrou Marocco 30 Aprile 1990 /, CB; (1) / L. Scaramozzino la Rache 2 Maggio 1990 /, CB ;

: Morocco = (1) / Tèniel / / Museum Paris Coll. J. Pérez 1915/, MHNP; (1) / Tanger / /Museum Paris Collection Ernest André 1914/, MHNP; (2) / l. Scaramozzino Meknes dint. Azrou Marocco 30 Aprile 1990 /, CB .

Female. Lectotype. Figs 88-91 . Size 11.5 mm.

Coloration like Ps. villosa . Differences: - head more transversal, ratio LA / A in frontal aspect just a bit less than 2 (about 1.8 in Ps. villosa ) - ratio L / A of first flagellomerus more than 1.25 and of 2 nd about 1.2 - gradulus on Sc 1 weaker and less defined - no wrinkles on lower lateral N 1 - pterostigma apically tryncated - 1 st sternal surface like in lectotype of T. Olcesei - well defined gradulus on 1 st tergum and ill defined on 2 nd (the opposite in Ps. villosa ) - es 1 bipunctate by small p among larger ones - es 2 with: ventral surface completely bipunctate - densely settled small p throughout em 3 - back surface of; hindfemur regularly p throughout (irregularly in Ps. villosa ) - sensorial areas on mid and hind tibia weakly defined and flushed with surrounding surface.

Male. Figs 92-95 . Specimen fron Ain etc. Described for the first time. Size 10 mm.

General aspect and coloration like Ps. villosa , it differs in the more pronounced vertical ridge on the frons, weaker notch on the ventral clypeal lamella, shape of labrum, five basal Pam and three basal Pal with weak apical swelling; fourth Pam -merus distinctly longer (till 1.3 times) than final one (in all other taxa, but Ps. putoni , it is as long or shorter than 6 th). Moreover it has weakly expressed omaulus, es 1 with strong transversal shagreened mR on its anterior 2/3, lateral and ventral surface of es 2 entirely bipunctate, lateral N 1 and P with weaker wrinkles, well defined gradulus on 1 st tergum, ill defined one on 2 nd tergum (the opposite in Ps. villosa ), no defined gradulus on 2 nd sternum, weaker mR on tergal surfaces, area inside tuberculum on 5 th sternum mostly shining without any mR. Genitalia (gonosquama and aedeagus) like fig..

Note. Good autapomorphies are the truncated pterostigma in female forewing and genitalia of the males. Size is medially smaller than in Ps. villosa .

D i s t r i b u t i o n a r e a. Morocco.

V a r i a b i l i t y.justsizecanslightlychangebothinmalesandfemales.

Figures

Figs 88-95. Pseudotiphia longicornis (Lectotypus) – (88) head, frontal aspect; (89) basal flagellomeri; (90) labrum, frontal aspect; (91) fore wing. Pseudotiphia longicornis – (92) Pal; (93) labrum, frontala spect; (94) fore wing; (95) gonosquama, inner lateral aspect with particular of outer aspect.