Acanthaegilips masneri Sporrong & Ros-Farré., 2003

Ros-Farré, Palmira, Sporrong, Michael, Ronquist, Fredrik & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2003, Revision Of The Neotropical Anacharitinae Genus Acanthaegilips (Hym., Cynipoidea, Figitidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43 (2), pp. 11-30 : 26-27

Acanthaegilips masneri Sporrong & Ros-Farré. sp. n.

( Figs. 1C , 3C )

Studied material – 3; unknown. Holotype: 1 ( CNC) 18-VIII/3-IX-192 at Aragua (1100 m), Rancho Grande N.P. ( Venezuela), L. Masner col. Paratypes: Venezuela: 2 ( MZLU-MS) 12-IV-1994 at Aragua, Tiara env. (1250 m), Forest. SS. L. Masner col.

Etymology – This name was chosen to honour Dr. Lubomir Masner, Canada, who has collected all the type specimens.

Length of head + mesosoma + metasoma: 2.9 mm to 3.1 mm.

Colour – Head, pronotum, mesopleuron, mesoscutum and scutellar spine black. Scutum, mesopleural triangle, metanotum and metasoma dark reddish brown. Procoxa and mesocoxa brown, trocanters and proximal margin of the tibiae light brown remaining part of the legs medium to dark brown. Mandibles light yellowish brown with reddish brown teeth. Scape dark brown with lighter apex, pedicel light reddish brown, F1 to first half of F2 brown, last half of the F2 to F8 light reddish brown, F9 to F11 dark brown. Veins of wing dark brown.

Head – Covered with scattered short hairs. Malar furrow slightly curved; postocular furrow absent ( Fig. 3C ). Occipital carina weak. Pleurostomal lines very marked. Malar space 0.46 to 0.58 times the height of the compound eye. Transfacial line 0.48 to 0.53 times the greatest width of the head and 1.00 to 1.11 times the height of a compound eye. Antennal foramina separated from each other by 0.63 to 0.95 times the distance between the foramen and the compound eye.

Antennae – F1 cylindrical with a very small expansion at the apex, following flagellomeres cylindrical but F2 and F3 slightly narrower at basis. Scape and pedicel covered with short sparse pubescence, flagellomeres covered with short pubescence. Length of F1 1.18 to 1.25 the length of F2. Antennal formula: 13 (4): 2.5 (3): 13 (2): 11 (2): 9 (2): 8 (2): 6 (2.5): 6 (2.5): 5 (2.5): 4.5 (3): 4 (3): 4 (3): 9 (3). Placodeal sensilla start on F2 but they are dorsally scarce in this segment and sometimes dorsally in the first half of F3.

Mesosoma – Anterior pronotal plate near the lateral margins with a few hairs; near the dorsal margin with weak irregular transverse carinae. Lateral pronotal carinae projecting dorsomedially to form a not very raised tooth ( Fig. 3C ). Lateral surface of pronotum covered by sparse pubescence and with coarse areolate sculpture. Mesoscutum in lateral view 1.61 to 1.73 times higher than long; in dorsal view 1.36 times wider than long. Median mesoscutal impression and notauli reaching 1/3 to 1/2 the length of mesoscutum. There is a conspicuous line of hairs on the anterior and lateral margins of the mesoscutum. Scutellum in dorsal view 1.26 to 1.37 times the length of the mesoscutum. Scutellar foveae smooth ( Fig. 1C ), scutellar spine dorsally smooth. Lateral pit of scutellar fovea rather small and almost circular 1.1 times longer than wide; the distance from median scutellar carina to the inner margin of the pit 3.7 times the width of the pit. Scutellar spine broad at base narrowing gradually towards apex ( Fig. 1C ). Scutellar disc in lateral view steeply slopping to base of scutellar spine, which is directed slightly upwards at base and curved downwards, so that the apex is pointing in a posteroventral direction. Mesopleural impression wide straight and without transverse carinae. Mesopleural triangle densely pubescent anteriorly, sparsely pubescent posteriorly. Propodeum with coarse areolate sculpture; lateral and median propodeal carinae absent.

Wings – Marginal cell closed 2.90 to 3.14 times longer than wide. Marginal pubescence starting from vein R1.

Metasoma – Petiole 2.25 to 2.33 times as long as wide. Petiole dorsally smooth; lateroventrally and ventrally longitudinally costate. Third abdominal tergum dorsally 0.56 to 0.70 times the length of the fourth tergum.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal view of thorax of A. macropennis sp. n. (A), A. levis sp. n. (B), A. masneri sp. n. (C), A. brasiliensis (D), A. ashmeadi sp. n. (E), A. diazi sp. n. (F).

FIGURE 3. Lateral view of A. macropennis sp. n. (A), A. levis sp. n. (B), A. masneri sp. n. (C), A. brasiliensis (D), A. ashmeadi sp. n. (E) and A. diazi sp. n. (F).