A review of the genus Pseudotiphia ASHMEAD 1903 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae) Author Boni, M. Author O, Tiphia text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2010 2010-12-19 42 2 1183 1236 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5334370 0253-116X 5334370 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.