Prosaspicera angustispina Ros-Farré, 2006

Ros-Farré, P. & Pujade-Villar, J., 2006, Revision of the genus Prosaspicera Kieffer, 1907 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae), Zootaxa 1379 (1379), pp. 1-102 : 18-19

Prosaspicera angustispina Ros-Farré n. sp.

( Figs 2b, 5e, 11b, 12b & 37b)

Type material: (9 ♀). HOLOTYPE female ( CNCI), 27-XII-1989, Kavanayen (VENEZUE LA), Malaise trap., M. Sanborne leg. PARATYPES: MEXICO: 1 ♀ ( USNM), 12-V-1963, Rosarito , Baja California, N. L. H. Krauss col. ; USA: 1 ♀ ( CNCI), 1-VII-1957, Satolah Rabum Co. Georgia, 2500’, J. R. Vockeroth leg. ; 1 ♀ ( CNCI), 26-IV-1952, Gainesville , Fla, O.Peck leg ; 1 ♀ ( CNCI), 28-IV-1959 Laungtry , Tex., W. R. Mason leg. ; 1 ♀ ( UB), 4- IV-1953, Juniper Springs , Ocala Nat. For. Fla., W. R. M. Mason leg ; VENEZUELA: 1 ♀ ( USNM), 21/ 22-VI-1976, Aragua, 2 km N Ocumare De La Costa , A. S. Menke & D.Vincent leg. ; 1 ♀ ( CNCI), 18- VI / 2-VIII-1989, Merida Tabay La Mucuy , 1900m., Malaise Trap, S. & J. Peck leg. ; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 1 ♀ ( UB), III-1959, Trinidad Island , D. Martin leg.

Diagnosis. Prosaspicera angustispina is similar to P. pugionifera and P. albihirta . They have a short slender scutellar spine and transverse carinae inside notauli. In P. pugionifera and in P. albihirta the end of the scutellum strongly slopes towards the basis of the scutellar spine ( Fig. 14) whereas in P. angustispina the end of the scutellum slighty slopes towards the basis of the scutellar spine ( Fig. 12b). Moreover, the scutellum in P. angustispina has longitudinal carinae and longitudinal grooves ( Fig. 11b).

Description. Length. Females 3.4–4.3 mm; male unknown.

Coloration. Head, scape, pedicellum, scutum and metanotum black. Legs and antennomeres yellow.

Head. Frons with strong frontal carinae, coriaceous and with strong oblique carinae. Lateral frontal carinae strong and raised, area between them and eye with few short transverse carinae and strongly coriaceous. Occipital carina almost rounded behind eye. Gena not expanded, shining with strong transverse carinae and long white setae. Vertex slightly concave, with some carinae and weakly coriaceous, in posterior part shining, with four or five strong longitudinal carinae on each side of median vertical groove, which is smooth. Ocelli slightly prominent. Occiput shining, with some conspicuous transverse carinae.

Antenna. Slightly subclavated, nearly filiform. Antennal formula: 8(6): 4(5): 9(4): 10(4): 10(4): 10(4): 10(4.5): 9(4.5): 8.5(4.5): 8(4.5): 8(4.5): 8(4.5): 16(4.5).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum finely coriaceous and densely pubescent, with a strong transverse carina ventrally. Subpronotal plate slightly coriaceous densely pubescent. Mesoscutum with some scattered setae, coriaceous and with weak transverse carinae. Antero-admedian lines prominent, reaching almost 1/2 the length of mesoscutum and parallel in posterior part; median ridge prominent not divided before median mesoscutal furrow. Notauli wide on posterior half, narrowing towards anterior end; weakly coriaceous and with transverse carinae on anterior 2/3. Median mesoscutal furrow slightly alutaceous. Area between notauli and end of median mesoscutal furrow slightly prominent. Parascutal sulcus wide, smooth and pubescent, continuing to anterior end of notaulus. Mesopleura with strong punctuate sculpture on anterior 1/3, polished on posterior 2/3. Scutellum 0.98 to 1.20 as long as mesoscutum. Scutellar foveae deep, rounded and smooth, without posterior margin, interfoveal line and lateral carinae noticeable on the scutellar disc but very thin on the scutellar spine. Scutellar disc slightly coriaceous strongly carinated longitudinally, in lateral view, slightly sloping from the end of foveae to basis of the scutellar spine. Scutellar spine longitudinally carinated and shining, almost straight and ending before basal vein of wing.

Wings. Forewing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.00 to 2.14 times longer than wide. Marginal pubescence starting on lateral margin and very short. R1 almost absent, Rs slightly curved.

Derivatio nominis. Because of the slender spine this species has.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Southern Nearctic and northern Neotropical. Known from Florida and Texas ( USA), Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.