Aspilota inflatinervis FISCHER 1973

Fischer, M., Tormos, J., Pardo, X. & J. D, 2008, New citations of Alysiini from Spain, with a description of Dinotrema mediocornis hispanicum nov. ssp. and of the females of Aspilota inflatinervis and Synaldis azorica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1449-1466 : 1452-1453

Aspilota inflatinervis FISCHER 1973 ( Figs 1, 2 )

D i a g n o s i s:Length: 1.5mm.F14timesormorelonger than broad; eyes as long as temples; tooth 1 of mandibles developed normally, tooth 3 lobe-shaped. r2 at least 2.7 times longer than cc1, r3 weak, although clearly thickened, above all at centre, d longer than nr. Mesoscutellum without dorsal pit. T1 at least twice as long as its apical width.

G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d m a t e r i a l s t u d i e d Austria, Hungary, Korea, Spain (Guadalajara: Alovera (UTM: 30T 48449), 10.6.1984, 2, 3, from puparia of Megaselia affinis (WOOD 1909) (Host det.: M. Portillo)).

Description of female

Body length: 1.6 mm.

.- Head: 1.8 times broader than long, 1.6 times broader than mesonotum, clearly widened between temples; eyes as long as temples; distance between toruli and eyes as long as diameter of the former, the distance between these less; posterior part of head markedly cleft, upper parts bare, some fine setae only on posterior part of head, setigerous points unrecognisable; ocelli small, the distance between them greater than the diameter of an ocellus, distance between an exterior ocellus and the interior edge of eye as large as the width of the ocellar area; epicranial suture absent. Head 1.7 times broader than face. Face 1.3 times as broad as high, with very fine light-coloured setae along the central carina, with some longer setae near the inferior edge of the eyes; edges of eyes curved, diverging downwards. Clypeus 2.3 times broader than high, trapezoidal, markedly swollen, with a few fine setae, separated from face by a smooth groove. Paraclypeal area broadened next to edge of eye, very deep and clearly delimited, three times broader than high, upper and lower edges straight and parallel. Mandibles along central line 1.4 times longer than broad apically; lower edge straight, upper edge slightly curved upwards as from basal third, and this therefore broadened distally; tooth 1 rounded, not broader than tooth 2, a sharp angle between tooth 1 and tooth 2; tooth 2 sharp and protruding; tooth 3 rounded and lobe-shaped, as broad as teeth 1 and 2 together, setae on outer edge surpassing apex of tooth 2; outer surface smooth; maxillary palpi as long as height of head. Eyes, seen laterally, 1.4 times higher than long, only very slightly longer than width of temples. Antennae filiform, as long as body, 20-segmented; F1 scarcely thinner than other flagellomeres, four times as long as wide; F2 3.7 longer than wide and 0.9 times the length of F1; Fm and Fp 2.5 times longer than wide; flagellomeres separated from one another in a moderately evident way, most setae shorter than width of flagellomeres, only some apical setae of the same length; two sensilla visible in lateral view.

Mesosoma: 1.3 times longer than high, 1.6 times higher than head, upper part strongly swollen. Mesoscutum 1.2 times broader than long, uniformly rounded in front of tegulae, without setae, with only a short fine setosity (pilosity) on the declivity; notauli developed finely on front, reaching disc, their assumed trajectory is insinuated by a row of fine hairs along a fine line; without mid pit; sides rounded all over, marginal sulci simple. Prescutellar sulcus moderately deep, finely crenellate at bottom, divided, each lateral field as long as wide. Scutellum, postaxillae and lateral areas of metanotum almost completely smooth. Propodeum provided with basal carina and central transverse carina on front half, anterior part almost horizontal and shiny, very slight irregular, the posterior part finely wrinkled, spiracles not apparent. Lower furrow of each side of pronotum finely crenellate. Sternaulus crenellate, reaching neither the front edge of the middle coxa, nor the anterior margin of the mesopleuron, front mesosternal furrow simple, posterior marginal furrow finely crenellate. Posterior femur 4.7 times longer than wide, posterior tarsus as long as posterior tibia.

Fore wing: r emerges from behind the base of the st by at least a length equivalent to that of r1; r1 twice as long as the width of the st; r2 2.7 times longer than cc1; r3 curved outwards, weak behind base, but markedly thickened, 2.5 times longer r2; R reaches end of wing; nr in postfurcal position by a distance equivalent to its own length; B 2.5 times longer than broad, distally only slightly widened; cua broken at centre.

Metasoma: as long as head and mesosoma together. T1 2.5 times longer than wide on posterior part, very weak forwards and narrowed in a straight line, with longitudinal fissures; spiracles located at centre of lateral margins and not apparent; dorsal fossae not very deep, basal notch longer than wide, basal carinae converging backwards and are finally included within sculpture.

Colouration: Black. In yellow: scape, pedicel, annellus, mouthparts, legs, tegulae and wing venation. Wing membrane hyaline.

The female of this species is like the male, but differs by having 20-segmented antennae.

Figures

Figs 1-6: Aspilota inflatinervis FISCHER: (1) head in fronto-lateral view with detail of antennae. (2) right anterior wing. Aspilota mediocornis hispanicum ssp. n.: (3) head in lateral view with detail of antennae. (4) right anterior wing. Aspilota azorica FISCHER: (5) right mandible. (6) mesosoma with detail of propleuron, mesopleuron, and propodeum.