Aspicera blancae Ros-Farré, 2013

ROS-FARRÉ, P. & PUJADE-VILLAR, J., 2013, <strong> Revision of the genus <em> Aspicera </ em> Dahlbom, 1842 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae) </ strong>, Zootaxa 3606 (1), pp. 1-110 : 17-18

Aspicera blancae Ros-Farré n. sp.

( Figs 43a & b )

Type material: (1♂). HOLOTYPE male ( NHM) 13/VII/1952, Suluca , Adana, 2000 m., TURKEY, K. M. Guichard col.

Diagnosis. Aspicera blancae is similar to A. sculpturata , both species having sharp longitudinal carinae on occiput, sharp transverse carinae on lateral surface of pronotum, scutellar disc convex in lateral view and notauli sharply carinate transversely. They can be easily differentiated because A. blancae has lateral line of scutum complete, lacks scutellar pits and scutellum is longitudinally carinate, while A. scutellata has lateral line of scutum incomplete, although nearly reaching anterior margin of scutum, scutellar pits are very deep and scutellum is rugose.

Description

Length. Male 3.6 mm.; female unknown.

Coloration. Head and antennae black. Mesosoma mostly black with a brown area on posterior part of scutum and anterior part of scutellum. Metasoma black to dark brown. Femur and coxa black, remaining leg segments light brown. Wing veins medium brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, with some rugose sculpture near ocelli. Lateral frontal carinae slightly curved. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, slightly expanded, coriaceous, with many transverse carinae. Vertex not incised, shiny, weakly coriaceous, rugose. Ocelli slightly prominent. Occiput coriaceous, with conspicuous transverse carinae on basal 2/3, longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3.

Antenna. Filiform. F1 clearly excavated. Antennal formula: 9(7.5): 3(5.5): 14(5): 13(5): 13(5): 12(5.5): 11(5): 11(5): 10(5): 9.5(5): 9.5(5): 9.5(5): 9(5): 15(5).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with sinuous transverse carinae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin glabrous. Scutum coriaceous, with small shiny areas and transverse carinae, mostly between notauli. Lateral line conspicuous, complete. Antero-admedian lines alutaceous, reaching 1/2 scutum length, parallel; median ridge alutaceous, sharp. Notauli and median mesoscutal sulcus with transverse carinae. Area between notauli not prominent or slightly prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, smooth on posterior 1/3, clearly alutaceous anteriorly, glabrous. Mesopleuron coriaceous on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 0.90 times scutum length, emarginate on posterior half. Scutellar foveae smooth, scutellar pits deep. Interfoveal carina conspicuous on scutellar disc, continuous until end of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc swollen posterior to scutellar foveae, coriaceous, with clear longitudinal carinae, sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.40 times length of scutellar disc, with small transverse carinae, coriaceous, straight in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 1.85 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence strongly reduced. Marginal pubescence absent. R1 short. R2 slightly curved near margin. Rs+M absent.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Blanca Rodriguez i Ros, niece of the authors.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic: Turkey.

Figures

FIGURE 43. Aspicera blancae Ros-Farré n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.