Omalaspis asiatica Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar, 2011

Ros-Farré, P. & Pujade-Villar, J., 2011, Revision of the genus Omalaspis Giraud, 1860 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae), Zootaxa 2917 (1), pp. 1-28 : 4-5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2917.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5292327
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A530B-F503-697A-FF58-F9015AAFDB99
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Omalaspis asiatica Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Omalaspis asiatica Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.

( Figs 5a View FIGURE 5 & 6a View FIGURE 6 )

Type material ( 1 ♂). HOLOTYPE male ( CAS), 15-VI-1941, Manchuria, Ertsentientze, 62 km E. of Harbin on Chinese Eastern Railway , ( CHINA), V. N. Alin coll.

Diagnosis. Omalaspis asiatica n. sp. is morphologically similar to O. gibsoni n. sp., both having a short and narrow interfoveal line, not well defined (Figs, 5a & 5b respectively). But in O. gibsoni , the scutellar disc is coarsely rugose without microsculpture, and the scutellar foveae are rounded, while in O. asiatica the scutellar disc is weakly rugose with noticeable coriaceous microsculpture and the scutellar foveae are laterally oval ( Fig 5a View FIGURE 5 ).

Description. Length. Female unknown; male 3.32 mm.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Scape and pedicel black, remaining antennomeres brown. Coxae and trochanter black, remaining segments of leg brown. Wing membrane hyaline, wing veins brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous. Frontal carinae weak. Lateral frontal carinae prominent, space between them and compound eyes coriaceous. Supratorular impression nearly effaced. Ocelli slightly prominent, vertex very slightly incised in frontal view. Vertex in dorsal view coriaceous, with a median furrow. Vertex posterior and occiput coriaceous. Genae margined and expanded, with transverse carinae, coriaceous.

Antenna. Filiform. First flagellomere clearly excavated. Antennal formula: 5(3): 2(2): 7(2): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 4(2). F8 to F12 lost.

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous, with very fine transverse carinae dorsally, basally with conspicuous transverse carinae, central area coriaceous. Mesoscutum coriaceous, punctate. Parascutal sulcus shiny. Median ridge complete, antero-admedian lines conspicuous, slightly confluent, reaching 1/3 mesoscutum length. Median mesoscutal furrow coriaceous with small and scarce transverse carinae. Notauli wide medially, narrow anteriorly and posteriorly, coriaceous, with small transverse carinae. Mesosoma in lateral view slightly curved. Mesopleuron slightly alutaceous anteriorly, smooth posteriorly. Scutellum 0.7 scutum length. Interfoveal line reaching 1/3 scutellar disc length, strongly sinuate. Scutellar foveae rugose near interfoveal line, smooth laterally. Scutellar disc coriaceous, rugose. Lateral scutellar margin confluent, posterior margin of scutellum straight, quite narrow.

Wing. Radial cell 2.5 times longer than wide. R2 straight, curved near margin of wing.

Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic, China.

Etymology: This new species is named after the continent where it was found, Asia.

Biology. Unknown.