Aspicera forshzarai Pujade-Villar & 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 : 26-27

Aspicera forshzarai Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp.

( Figs 1a , 44a & b )

Onychia aculeata by Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1832; missidentification Dahlbom, 1842

Aspicera aculeata det. Dahlbom (non O. aculeata Boyer de Fonscolombe ) in Thomson, 1862

Type material (1♂ & 8♀). HOLOTYPE ♀ deposited in MZLU, with the following labels: “Ausas _ 39” (white label, handwritten), “ On. aculeata Dlbm. 9.3.” (white label, handwritten), “Lectotypus Onychia aculeata Dahlb. 1842 , det. M. Soderlund, 1978” (red label), “1978-131” (white label), “ZML 2001 263” (green label), “HOLOTYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ design. JP-V-2011” (red label), “ Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp. ” (white label); SWEDEN . PARATYPES: AUSTRIA: 1♀ ( CNCI) 21/VIII/1960, Wien, Wienerwald, W. R. M. Mason leg., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp ” (red label); GERMANY : 1♀ ( HNHM) 1948, Crefeld , Ulbricht, Coll. Z. Kiss. E., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp ” ; 1♀ ( ZSM) 2/IX/1956, Freiburg, U. Rödel. K. Ermisch leg., Eberswalde coll., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp ” ; 1♀ ( ZSM) 31/VIII/1956, Leipzig Süd., K. Ermisch. Leg., Eberswalde coll., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp ” ; 1♀ ( ZSM) 5/VII/1957, Leipzig Umg. , K. Ermisch leg., Eberswalde coll., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp ” HUNGARY : 1♂ ( PDL) 28/VIII/1957, Ludanyharaszti, Liptay leg., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♂ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp ” ; 1♀ ( CNCI) 23/VIII/1937, Hyerbettek. 18146H35 3000I, Host Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.) ., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp” SWEDEN : 1♀ ( MZLU) 1978-129. ZML; 2001-268., “ PARATYPE Aspicera forshzarai ♀ Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp ” .

Additional material (6♂ & 9♀): SWEDEN (unknown locality): 1♂ ( UB) 1978-128, ZML. 2001-267 . 1♂ ( MZLU) 2/VII/1879, Ryd., 1978-126, ZML. 2001-265 ; 1♂ ( MZLU) Sh. F. 1978-127, ZML 2001-266 ; 1♀ ( UB) Ld. 1978-130, ZML. 2001-269 ; 8♀ ( MZLU) Without label data, only: 12/7; 10/7;1/7; 27/5, ZML. 2001-273 ; 2♂ ( MZLU) Without label data, only 12/7; 7/8, ZML. 2001-273 ; 1♂ ( UB) 6/59, ZML. 2001-273.

Diagnosis. Aspicera forshzarai has some characters that are unique in the genus Aspicera : sharp occipital carina, pronotal and subpronotal plates very conspicuous, scutellar spine long, robust and sharply carinate longitudinally.

Description

Length. Female 4–5.5 mm.; male 3.6–5.2 mm.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma brown to black. Leg medium to light brown. Scape and pedicellum dark brown to black, flagellomeres medium to light brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, with very sharp oblique carinae, lateral facial carinae prominent, space between them with one or two transverse carinae. Lateral frontal carinae very weakly curved, sharp. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with sharp transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, slightly expanded, coriaceous, transversely carinate. Vertex incised, with very sharp and prominent rugose carinae. Ocelli prominent. Occipital carina very sharp. Occiput coriaceous, with sharp longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, few sharp transverse carinae on basal 2/3.

Antenna. FEMALE. Filiform. Antennal formula: 11(9): 4(6): 15(5): 15(5): 16(5): 15(5): 14(6): 13(6): 12(6): 11(6): 11(6): 11(6): 21(6) MALE. Filiform. F1 slightly modified. Antennal formula: 9(8): 6(4): 14(5): 15(5): 16(5.5): 15(6): 14(6): 13.5(6): 13(6): 12(6): 12(6): 12(5.5): 11.5(5.5): 17(5)

Mesosoma. FEMALE. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous, sharply carinate transversely. Subpronotal plate sharply projected, dorsal margin nearly glabrous. Scutum coriaceous, with conspicuous transverse carinae. Lateral line complete, very conspicuous. Antero-admedian lines sharp, prominent, reaching 1/2 scutum length, straight; median ridge sharp. Notauli and median mesoscutal furrow smooth, with clear transverse carinae. Area between notauli and end of median mesoscutal sulcus slightly prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, pubescent mostly anteriorly, with sharp coriaceous sculpture, weaker near basal part. Mesopleuron intensely coriaceous on ventral area and anterior 2/3, smooth or alutaceous on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 1–1.3 times scutum length, sharply emarginate. Scutellar foveae rugose, scutellar pits shallow, large, conspicuous. Interfoveal carina prominent, continuing along scutellar disc until end of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc and spine coriaceous with very sharp longitudinal carinae with deep furrows between them. Scutellar disc straight in lateral view. Scutellar spine long, 0.8–1.1 times length of scutellar disc, very sharp, wide, on same plane as scutellar disc and flat in lateral view. MALE. Scutellum 1.0–1.6 times scutum length. Scutellar spine long, 0.6–1.0 times length of scutellar disc.

Wing. FEMALE. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.2–2.6 longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence short. R1 long. R2 slightly curved. Rs+M marked by a shadow. MALE. Radial cell 2.1–2.4 longer than wide.

Derivatio nominis. Species dedicated to Mattias Forshage and Miguel Ángel Alonso Zarazaga for his outstanding contribution to solve the problem of three species determined by Dahlbom that were misinterpreted by later authors ( ediogaster , bicolor and aculeata ).

Biology. According to label data: host of Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) (Hym., Diprionidae ).

Distribution. Western Palaearctic. Originally recorded from Sweden ( Dahlbom, 1842) and Italy ( Kieffer, 1904); here recorded from Austria, Germany and Hungary.

Comments. Dahlbom (1842: 9–10) determined some specimens as Onychia aculeata ( Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1832) . Thomson (1862: 419) considered erroneously this determination as a species described by Dahlbom and transferred it to Aspicera , and Dalla Torre & Kieffer (1910) considered this material as ‘ dubida species ’ writing in Dalla Torre & Kieffer (1910: 57): ‘ A. sp (Dahlbom)’. According to articles 12.1, 12.2, 49 y 72.7 of the IZN Code, Aspicera aculeata (Dahlbom) Thomson is not a valid species, because it is a Dahlbom’s misidentification of O. aculeata (Boyer de Fonscolmbe) , then ‘ aculeata ’ from Dahlbom and Thomson are unavailable names. The specimen determined by Dahlbom had the numeration 9.3, according to Dahlbom (1842). We have examined this specimen and conclude that it belongs to the new species described here as A. forshzarai .

Figures

FIGURE 1. (a) Frontal area of Aspicera aculeata, (b) head in frontal view of A. caminali, (c) A.readae, (d) A. dianae, (e) A. punctifrons, (f) A. carinata.

FIGURE 44. Aspicera forshzarai Pujade-Villar & Ros-Farré n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.