Aspicera proxima Belizin, 1952

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 : 41-42

Aspicera proxima Belizin, 1952

( Figs 33a & b )

Aspicera proxima Belizin, 1952: 298

Type material: (1♀) HOLOTYPE female deposited in ZIN, with the following labels: “Holotipus, Aspicera proxima m ♀, V. Belizin det” (white label hand written), “Khiva, Ravat ( Uzbekistan). 9.V. 927 L. Zimin, V. Gussakovsky” (white label, in Russian), “HOLOTYPE Aspicera proxima Belizin, 1952 ” (red label), “ Aspicera proxima Belizin, 1952 , det. P. Ros-Farré 2004” (white label).

Diagnosis Aspicera proxima belongs to the group of species with prominent interfoveal carina and lateral surface of pronotum lacking sharp transverse carinae. Aspicera proxima is similar to A. julii having scutellum slightly convex, they can be differentiated by scutellar foveae, slightly carinate in A. proxima and coriaceous posteriorly in A. julii , and by notauli, wide in A. proxima and narrow in A. julii .

Redescription

Length. Female 3.25 mm.; male unknown.

Coloration. Head and mesosoma black. Metasoma black, ventral margin and ventral spine light brown. Scape and pedicellum medium brown, flagellomeres light brown. Leg light brown. Wing veins medium brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, punctate dorsally. Lateral frontal carinae sharp, curved near antennal foramina, straight and divergent on dorsal half. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with small transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous, with sharp transverse carinae. Vertex weakly incised, coriaceous, punctate. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous with small longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, thin incomplete transverse carinae on basal 2/3.

Antenna. Filiform. F1 clearly excavated. Antennal formula: 13(6): 4(5): 10.5(4): 9(4.5): 10(5): 10(5): 9(5): 9(5): 8(5): 8.5(5): 8(5): 8(5): 16(5).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with short dull carinae on lateral superior margin. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent with small glabrous central area. Scutum coriaceous, punctate. Lateral line conspicuous, incomplete. Antero-admedian lines rather thin, reaching 1/3 scutum length, parallel; median ridge effaced near median mesoscutal sulcus. Notauli wide, smooth. Median mesoscutal sulcus destroyed by the needle. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, pubescent anteriorly, alutaceous. Mesopleuron alutaceous, with some punctate sculpture on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 0.95 times scutum length, sharply emarginate on posterior half. Scutellar foveae deep and large, with weak carinae, scutellar pits shallow. Interfoveal carina prominent, continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc slightly swollen posterior to scutellar foveae, with two sinuous longitudinal carinae on each side, some transverse carinae, sloping towards the basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.44 times length of scutellar disc, narrow, slightly striate longitudinally, slightly directed upwards in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane slightly smoked. Marginal cell 2.33 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence present from R2. R1 long. R2 straight. Rs+M clearly marked by a smoked shadow.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Central Palaeartic: Uzbekistan.

Figures

FIGURE 33. Aspicera proxima Belizin: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view, (c) scutellum in dorsal view.