Aspicera jantonii 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 : 31-32

Aspicera jantonii Ros-Farré n. sp.

( Figs 8a & b )

Type material: (9♂ & 7♀). HOLOTYPE male ( CNCI) 21–28/VII/1977, Teller , Colorado, 8000, 7 mi. N. Woodland Pk., South Meadows Camp , S. Peck col. USA . PARATYPES (8♂ & 7♀): USA: 6♂ & 3♀ same holotype’s data .; 2♂ & 1♀ ( UB) same holotype’s data ; 1♀ ( CNCI) 29/VII/1961, Timberline II, Colorado, 700 ft. Mt. Evans , C.H. Mann ; 1♀ ( CNCI) 21–23/ VI /1961, Buena Vista , Colorado, 7800’, W. R.M. Mason . 1♀ ( UB) 22/ VI /1962, 8 mi. east Morley Alta. , W. R.M. Mason .

Diagnosis. Aspicera jantonii has strong sparse punctuation on scutum and lacks median mesoscutal carina. This species is similar to A. adelae , but A. jantonii has very large, shallow, smooth scutellar foveae, while in A. adelae scutellar foveae are smaller, deep and slightly striate longitudinally.

Description

Length. Male 3.1–3.75 mm.; female 3.6–4.6 mm.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Antennae medium brown to black. Tibia and trocanter dark brown, remaining leg segments medium to light brown. Wing veins medium brown.

Head. MALE. Frons coriaceous, punctate dorsally. Lateral frontal carinae curved, sharp basally, weak on dorsal 1/3, area between lateral frontal carinae and compound eye with transverse carinae, in some specimens lateral frontal carinae nearly reaching compound eye. Gena in lateral view rounded, expanded, coriaceous and with a lot of transverse carinae. Vertex not incised, coriaceous, with sparse punctuations. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous, with some weak longitudinal carinae behind ocelli. FEMALE. Frons more punctate. Lateral frontal carinae sharp basally, weak on dorsal 1/3.

Antenna. MALE. Filiform. F1 clearly excavated. Antennal formula: 5(4): 2(3): 7(2.5): 5.5(2.5) 5.5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 8(2). FEMALE. Filiform. Antennal formula: 5(3): 2(2.5): 6(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 8(2).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent. Scutum finely coriaceous, sparsely punctate, distance between punctuations larger than their diameter. Lateral line incomplete, only present on basal 2/3, antero-admedian lines very weak, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel. Medial mesoscutal line absent or very weak between antero-admedian lines. Notauli and median mesoscutal furrow with very weak transverse carinae. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus narrow, ending in front of tegula, smooth, with some scattered setae. Mesopleuron with oblique carinae and weakly coriaceous on anterior 1/3, smooth posteriorly. Scutellum 0.82–0.87 times scutum length, sharply emarginate. Scutellar foveae very large, shallow, shiny, with some effaced longitudinal carinae, scutellar pits absent. Interfoveal carina continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc flat, coriaceous, with some weak, small longitudinal carinae, sloping until end of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine triangular, short, 0.4–0.49 times length of scutellar disc, coriaceous, rather blunt, directed downwards in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline or slightly yelowish. Radial cell 2–2.25 longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence present, very short. R1 long. R2 almost straight, sometimes slightly curved near dorsal margin. Rs+M marked by a shadow.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Joan Antoni Rodriguez i Ros, nephew of the authors.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic: Canada (Alberta) and USA (Colorado).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Aspicera jantonii Ros-Farré n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.