Tiphia bituberculata, Yildirim & B, 2009

Yildirim, E. & B, M., 2009, Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of Turkey, Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 2051-2065 : 2057-2058

Tiphia bituberculata nov.sp.

H o l o t y p e: 3, Turkey, Iğdır, 850 m, 17.VI.1992, leg. E. Yıldırım (deposed at EMET).

P a r a t y p e s: 233, Turkey, Iğdır, 850 m, 17.VI.1999, leg. E. Yıldırım (1 Ex. deposed at EMET) (1 Ex. deposed at MZUF).

M a l e (Holotype): Figs 15-24 . Measurements: body length 6.5 mm.

Black, brown, light brown.

Brown: underside of 5 th to 10 th flagellomeri, tip of mandible, femurs, most of mid and hind tibia, pterostigma, tegula. Underside of 11 th flagellomerus, fore tibia, apex of mid and hind tibiae, all the tarsi and veins are light brown.

General habitus and punctuation are like in the dark forms of T. femorata .

Pronotal disk with a lamellar keel along its fore border, buttressed with moderate ridges; laterally it shows strong wrinkles on its posteroventral corner. Metepisternum with irregular fine wrinkles. Areola on the propodeum tightening bacward, delimited by strong prominent ribs, the median one less marked and broadly enlarging posteriorly; horizontal surface with strong transversal irregular wrinkles everywhere; the posterior lamellar keel buttressed by long ridges; lateral areas with 10-13 strong waving wrinkles; its posterior area with irregular ribs converging toward propodeal cavity. Marginal cell slightly overcoming apex of 2 nd submarginal cell. Sensorial area on hind femur very long and narrow. 1 st tergum with a high gradulus along the fore edge of the disk. 1 st sternum with rough punctuation and strong median longitudinal bifurcated rib.

In one form of T. femorata males a gradulus on 1 st tergum also exists, but it is very rough and less high than in T. bituberculata .

Female: unknown

D e r i v a t i o n o m i n i s: The name is derived from its unique feature among Palaearctic taxa, the processes on 4 th sternum too.

Figures

Figs 15-25: Tiphia bituberculata nov.sp. Holotypus 3: (15) head, dorsal aspect; (16) head, frontal aspect; (17) mesosoma, dorsal aspect; (18) pronotum, lateral aspect; (19) hindfemur, inner aspect; (20) 1st tergum, dorsal aspect; (21) 4th, 5th, 6th sterna, lateral profile; (22) 4th & 5th sterna, ventral aspect; (23-24) Gonostylus and volsella, outer lateral aspect; (25) aedeagus ventral and lateral aspect. (15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22: scale bar = 1 mm) (19, 23, 24: scale bar = 0.5mm).