Pseudotiphia caucasica (MOCSARY 1883) 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 : 1207-1208

Pseudotiphia caucasica (MOCSARY 1883) comb.nov.

Tiphia caucasica MOCSARY 1883: 21 ,

Lectoypus: /Kaukas Leder/ / caucasica typ. Mocs det Mocsàry / (autographic) / Lectotypus Tiphia caucasica Mocs det C. Nagy 1969 / (red bordered) / Tiphia caucasica Mocs V. Gorbatovsky det 1987/, MTMB

Tiphia caucasica: TOURNIER (1889: 17 ,)

Tiphia caucasica: HEDICKE (1936: 7)

Icronatha caucasica: NAGY (1975: 12 ,)

Icronatha caucasica: ARBOUW (1984: 3-4)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Armenia = (1) / Armenia lgt Beivart /, OLML ; Bulgaria = (2) / Bulg. VI.1966 Stančev Brjag lgt Pospišil /, OLML; (10) / Bulg. 26- 31.5.1967 Sandansky lgt. Koçourek /, OLML ; 81) / Bulgaria 4. VI.67 Sandansky Macedonie J. Kocourek lg /, OLML; (1) / Bulg. 1- 8.6.1967 Sandansky lgt. Koçourek /, OLML; (1) / Bulg. VI.1968 Stančev Brjag lgt Pospišil /, OLML; (9) / Bulg. VI.1969 Sandansky lgt. Koçourek /, OLML; (1) / Bulgaria m.-w Melnik 06.07.1978 leg. Koçourek /, OLML; (2) / Bulgaria m. occ Gara Pirin 22.5.1983 leg J. Halada /, OLML; (1) / Bulgaria m. occ Stara Kresna 27.5.1983 leg J. Halada /, OLML; (1) / Bulg. 30.6.1982 Nessebr lgt Kcourek /, OLML; (1) / Bulgaria mer.-occ. Rozen 29.06.1990 lgt B & O. Tkalců /, OLML; (2) / Sandansky Bulg, m. VI.92 K. Polacek /, OLML ; Greece = (2) / Neo Moditos (Neo Apolonia) su Euphorbia 16. V.61 AG Soika /, CB; (13) / l. Pagliano Klidi ruins ( Serres ) 15. VI.1992 Grecia /, CP; (42) / Grecia nom. Seres Promahonas 50m 15. VI.1992 Boffa-Giachino-Scaramozzino- Vailati leg./, CP; (1) / Kreta 1996 Lakki mt 650 14. VI.1996 leg. F. Strumia /, CP; (5) / Kreta Chersonissa 5-6. V. 71 W. Gross leg/, OLML; (2) / Kreta Elas 8-11. V. 71 W. Gross leg/, OLML; (1) / Kreta Makri 8. V. 71 W. Gross leg/, OLML; (1) / Kreta Iraklion Gouvai 7.5.1971 leg W. Gross /, OLML; (1) / Griechenland Kreta lercipetra 15.4- 15.5.1971 leg Malicky /, OLML; (3) / Graecia Anojia 22.5-1.6,1990 ing Kudrna lgt/, OLML; (1) / Griechenland Serifos, Koutalas 24à 28’ 37°09’, 400m 13.5.1990 leg. H. Malicky /, OLML; (3) / Rhodos 1998 Vali-Genadi 24-26. V.1998 le. F. Strumia /, MSNP; (1) / Rhodos – 1998 m. Ataviros m500-800 27. V.1998 le. F. Strumia, MSNP; (1) / Ellas Rhodos Mt. Attaviros 27. V.1998 M. Generani PL Scaramozzino lgt/, OLML; (3) / Crete GR 1999 Sikia mt400 12. V 26°03’E- 35°07’N leg. F. Strumia /, MSNP; (3) / Crete GR 1999 Souri m250 14. V 24°13’E- 35°24’N leg. F. Strumia /, MSNP; (56) / Greece kreta east Prina env. 7 km S. Istro 4- 12 June 2002 lgt K. Deneš sen/, OLML; (2) / Greece Kreta esat mt Dikti Lassithi 850mt 4-12 June 2002 lgt K. Deneš jun/, OLML; (6) / Sitia Kreta 17.5.1963 leg. K. Kusdas /, OLML; (1) / Greece N Athos Ouranagolis 23.4.90 leg. J. Wimmer /; OLML; (1) / GR Crete-S Panagia 390m 35°05’N, 24°54’E 5-7. V.03 Sauša lg/, OLML ; Syria = (9) / Syria Cr. Des chevaliers 30.5.1995 k. Deneš jun lgt/, OLML ; Turkey = (1) / Turkey Kayseri ( Ali Dagh ) 15/ 22.6.1962 leg Seidenstucker / / Tiphia femorata F. J. Heinrich det. 1976 /, OLML; (1) / Turkey 24.6.91 Kestelocle lgt Kudrna /, OLML; (1) / Turkey Prov. Izmir N. Bozdag, NE Odemis 38.22N 27.58E 1000m 15.6.1985 /, OLML; *(1) / Madenkuprubas Ispir-Erzurum 18. VI. 1994 1100 E. Yildirim /, MZUF; (1) / Sütkans Erzurum 1500 23. VI.1996 /, EMET; (1) / Tortum Erz. 1600m 9. VI.1996 E. Yildirim /, EMET; (1) / Tr Erzurum Askale 1900m 15.VII.1998 leg Yildirim /, EMET; (1) / Sütkans Oltu Erzurum 1500 25. VI.1996 /, EMET; (2) / Şelale Uzundere Erzurum 1000m 9. VI.1996 E. Yildirim /, EMET ;

: Bulgaria = (4) / Bulgaria m.-w. Sandansky 05.1967 leg. Koçourek /, OLML; (1) / Bulg. 30. V.1967 Melnik lgt Koçourek /, OLML; (14) / Bulg. 26- 31.5.1967 Sandansky lgt. Koçourek /, OLML; (7) / Bulg. 1- 8.6.1967 Sandansky lgt. Koçourek /, OLML; (6) / Bulgaria VII 1967 Sandanski leg Koçourek /, OLML; (3) / Bulg. Sandanski VI.1969 lgt Kocourek /, OLML; (2) / Bulgaria m.-w. Sandansky 28.05.1978 leg. Koçourek /, OLML; (1) / Bulgaria m. occ Melnik 23- 26.5.1983 leg J. Halada /, OLML; (1) / Bulgaria m. occ Gara Pirin 22.5.1983 leg J. Halada /, OLML ; Greece = (1) / Neo Moditos (Neo Apolonia) su Euphorbia 16. V.61 AG Soika /, CB; (2) / Grecia nom. Seres Promahonas 50m 15. VI.1992 Boffa-Giachino-Scaramozzino-Vailati leg./, CP; (2) / Kreta Elas 8- 11. V. 71 W. Gross leg/, OLML; (7) / Kreta Makri 4-9. V. 71 W. Gross leg/, OLML; (1) / Griechenland Kreta Peramax 17.4.1990 leg. E. Heiss /, OLML; (2) / Kreta Paleochora 27.4.90 Heiss /, OLML; (2) / Kreta Iraklion Gouvai 7.5.1971 leg W. Gross /, OLML; (1) / Graecia Serifos , 5km W Chora 8- 13. V.1984 leg. H. Malicky /, OLML; (1) / Crete GR 1999 Sikia mt400 12. V 26°03’E- 35°07’N leg. F. Strumia /, MSNP; (84) / GR Crete-S Panagia 390m 35°05’N, 24°54’E 5-7. V.03 Sauša lg/, OLML; (1) / Heraklion Kreta 14.5.1963 leg. K. Kusdas /, OLML; (5) GR Crete Lasithi 15km NW Males 850m m 35°05’N 25°33’E 14. V.2003 Sauša leg/, OLML; (19) / GR Crete SW Omalos env 1100 m 35°19’N 23°53’E 18. V.2003 Sauša leg/, OLML ; Jordania = (1) /NW Jordan Irbid reg. Saham vill. 25.IV.2003 i. Pljuschtch lg/, OLML ; Lebanon = (1) /Libano caza zghorta Ehden m 1450 4-VI- 72| P. Brignoli leg/, CB ; Turkey = (1) /Turkei Gurun 6.6.1970 leg. J. Gusenleitner / / Icronatha caucasica Mocs Det. R. Hensen 1986 /, OLML; (1) / Turchia occidentale Aband maggio 1990 /, CB; (1) / Tr Erzurum Oltu 1300m 15.VII.2004 leg. e. Yildirim /, EMET; (1) / Tr Bingöl 1400 5. VI.2003 leg E. Yildirim /, EMET ;

Female. * specimen from Ispir-Erzurum. Described for the first time. Size = 13.5 mm.

General habitus and coloration like Ps. villosa but following characters: - flagellum brownish upperside, reddish downside; - fore border of N 1 disk with an irregular ridge along it; lateral surface almost completely wrinkled; - es 3 with few spaced subhorizontal wrinkles; - no graduli on 1 st, 2 nd terga and 2 nd sternum.

From ( Ps. fulvipennis ) it is well known by: - brownish (yellowish) bristles on the underside of the scape; - Sc 1 with a strong gradulus continuous with parapsidal lines and with a median acute backward tip along its fore border (very weak and irregular); - es 3 fairly distinct from lateral P with less numerous and prominent wrinkles (es 3 and lateral P are hardly ditinguishable since the same wrinkles occupy both of their surface); - no gradulus along 1 st tergum (present); - subapical stripe of densely packed p on 1 st tergum (lacking); - roughly (finely) sculptured apical 6 th tergum.

Male. Lectotypus. Figs 45-49

- 1 st to 5 th flagellomeri with a ratio L / LA in between 1.15 and 1.25. Tuberculum on 5 th sternum is short and bent with hollowed shining inner surface.

Variabilty. Only the most usual variations occurring within the subfamily, about size (10 to 17 mm for the females, 8 to 13mm in the males) and shape of areola about both sexes.

D i s t r i b u t i o n a r e a. Balcanic peninsula ( Bulgaria, Romania, Greece), Crete, Rhodos, Anatolia, Middle East.

Figures

Figs 45-49. Pseudotiphia caucasica (Lectotypus): (45) fore half of mesosoma, dorsal aspect; (46) fore wing; (47) 5th sternum, ventral aspect; (48) gonosquama, outer lateral aspect and particular of inner aspect; (49) tip of aedeagus, lateral aspect.