Tiphia sabaea, Boni, 2011

Boni, M., 2011, Hymenoptera Tiphiidae from Arabian peninsula, Linzer biologische Beiträge 43 (1), pp. 337-361 : 344-345

Tiphia sabaea nov.sp.

Holotype Yemen = / Yemen (5960) 12 km NW Manakhah 3.VII-21.VII.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, RMNH.

Paratypes: Yemen = (5)/ Yemen (5960) 12 km NW Manakhah 3.VII-21.VII.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, (4) RMNH, (1) MZUF; (1) / Yemen (6007) 12 km NW Manakhah 28.VIIi-14.XI.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, RMNH; (1) / Yemen (6279) 12 km NW Manakhah 14.IX- 28.XII.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, RMNH; (1) / Yemen (7547) 12 km NW Manakhah 1.I-7.V.2003 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH03 /, RMNH; (4) / Yemen (8100) 12 km NW Manakhah 15.IX-22.X.2003 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH03 /, RMNH .

: Yemen = (44) / Yemen (5960) 12 km NW Manakhah 3.VII-21.VII.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, (41) RMNH:, (5) MZUF; (11) / Yemen (7895) 12 km NW Manakhah 24.VI- 4.VIII.2003 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH03 /, (10) RMNH, (1) MZUF; (4) / Yemen (5841) 12 km NW Manakhah 9.IV-5.VI.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, RMNH; (3) / Yemen (6007) 12 km NW Manakhah 28.VIIi-14.XI.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, RMNH; (2) / Yemen (6279) 12 km NW Manakhah 14.IX– 28.XII.2001 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH02 /, RMNH; (7) / Yemen (7547) 12 km NW Manakhah 1.I-7.V.2003 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH03 /, RMNH; (2) / Yemen (7585) 12 km NW Manakhah 15.V-23.VI.2003 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH03 /, RMNH; (5) / Yemen (8100) 12 km NW Manakhah 15.IX-22.X.2003 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH03 /, (4) RMNH, (1) MZUF; (1) / Yemen (8117) 12 km NW Manakhah 15.IX-22.X.2003 Mal. tr. A. v. Harten RMNH03 /, RMNH .

Male. Holotype. Figs 28-35 . Measurements: body length = 6.5 mm; forewing length =

4.0 mm. Black. Brown: eye, upper scape,,upperside of flagellum from 2nd to the final element,

pterostigma, the semitransparent veins, hind trochanter and most of hind femur. Veins are sbrown. Light reddish brown: lamella of clypeus, basal mandible, apex of scape, pedicel, basal flagellomerus and ventral side of the remainder ones, fore and mid legs but coxae, apex of hind femur, hind tibia and hind tarsus, the semitransparent tegula.

Clypeus with small p and iS as large as their diameter. Lower frons densely p, almost finely sculptured, the remainder with p progressively more scattered toward ocelli, where pitless areas larger than ocelli exist. Vertex, with iS larger than p; along cOc there is a stripe with well detectable mR. Genae lack any mR with p becoming progressively denser (with iS very smaller than their diameter) toward PoG. On the lower genae there are strong buttressing ridges perpendicular to cOc. Progena completely shagreened. Mandible without any denticle along inner edge. 3 rd element of Pam with apical forward projection.

N 1 disk with a well produced carina along ist foreborder with sparse not well distinct buttressing ridges; lateral surface completely transversally shagreened with a deeper groove on ist ventral portion; p on the disk well spaced with smaller p on the iS. Sc 1 with densely packed p on its middle. Sc 21 irregularly p. Small p on postscutellar area of N 3. es 1 with regularly spaced small p with iS shorter than their diameter. es 2: well expressed omaulus and regularly spaced p on mid and ventral surface (iS as large or shorter than their diameter) with weak (detectable only at x50) mR on ist ventral surface and LaSt 2. em 3 finely shagreened. Fore coxa irregularly p, mid coxa with densely and regularly packed, hindcoxa with dense greater p. Lateral ribs of areola well prominent, the mid one only expressed on its basal half. Surface of horizontal area without p and irregularly shagreened and or sculptured. Posterior area without any vertical ridge. Lateral areas with more than 30 wrinkles, mostly incomplete.

1 st tergum almost p -ess but subapical stripe. 2 nd tergum with scattered p. 3 rd to 7 th terga with more densely packed p and mR (detectable at x30) covering iS. 1 st sternum irregularly p, while 2 nd to 6 th sterna are similar to terga. mR on last metameri. Tuberculum on 5th sternum with an orifice lying under its uplifted edge.

Female. Measurements: body length = 10.5 mm; forewing length = 6 mm.

Black. Brown: Tip of coxae "fore trochanter and mid and hind femurs; anterior surface of fore femur; pterostigma and tegulae; the semitransparent apical border of N 1 disk, LaSt 2, distal half of pygidium. Reddish light brown: mandibles, antennae, clypeal lamella. Forewing slightlydarkened.

Apart clypeus and lower frons (densely p like in all the members of the subfamily) the remainder of the head shows irregular p and iS mostly larger than their diameter with only a stripe of denser p along cOc. p on disk of N 1, Sc 1, Sc 2, es 1, most of es 2 and coxae like on the head. Lateral N 1 finely transversally shagreened with a distinct oblique groove. 1 st tergum almost pitless but a subapical densely p stripe; 2 nd tergum medially pitless, laterally like head; 1 st sternum with small scattered p; p on 2 nd to 5 th sterna like on head; 6 th sternum more densely p. P with irregular mR on surface besides areola; surface inside areola irregularly weakly wrinkled; lateral surface wrinkled: posterior surface concave, finely and densely sculptured throughout, with a trace of ridge on ist basal half.

Frons without any vertical median ridge. Progena shining and pitless. Genal bridge well expreesed with contiguous genal areas sunken compared to the remainder upper ones. 3rd element of Pam with apical forward extension. Weak and complete distinct keel along fore border of N 1 disk. Colpus on Sc 1 not connected to parapsidal lines. Hind tibia with narrow sensorium and distinct longitudinal keel on ist inner surface with mR under it. Hind basal tarsomerus without groove.

N o t e. Variability occurs only in size, from 5 to 6.5 mm. Female run to the item of Tiphia cinchonae ALLEN 1975 in his monography on Tiphia of the Indian subcontinent; the male shares with male of T. cinchonae the shape of 3 rd element of Pam. Nevertheless the female here described show the same extension on 3 rd Pam like the male, while the female paratype of T. cinchonae (same label of the paratype male here recorded) does not possess it. Moreover this male has a deep orifice beneath tuberculum on 5 th sternum, absent in T. cinchonae. Other differences from Allen’s type are different shape of the basal elements of Pam, the shape of the head and clypeus in frontal aspect, of N 1 in dorsal aspect and genitalia. The female differs also in lighter foreleg and presence of a ridge on the posterior area of propodeum. The here described males show brighter legs and antennae than T. cinchonae.

E c o l o g y. Unknown.

D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s. From sabaeus = inhabitant of ancient kingdom of Saba.

Figures

Figs 28-37: Tiphia sabaea Holotype: (28) head and pronoum, dorsal aspect; (29) head, frontal sapect; (30) Pam; (31) forewing, apical half; (32) lateral 5 th sternum; (33) aedeagus, lateral aspect.; (34) gonosquama, inner lateral aspect; (35) gonosquama and gonocardo, outer lateral aspect. Tiphia cinchonae: (36) forewing, apical half; (37) gonosquama and gonocardo, outer lateral aspect.