Aspicera hartigi Dalla Torre, 1889

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 : 29-31

Aspicera hartigi Dalla Torre, 1889

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Figites spinosus Hartig 1843: 418 (err., non Boyer de Fonscolombe 1832)

Onychia spinosa (Hartig) Giraud 1860: 159

Aspicera spinosa (Hartig) Reihard, 1860: 224

Aspicera hartigi Dalla Torre 1889: 221 , new name for homonymy of Figites spinosus Hartig

Aspicera brevispina Kieffer, 1901: 158 , n. syn.

Aspicera coriacea Kieffer, 1901: 159 n. syn.

Type material of Figites spinosus : (1♀). LECTOTYPE female deposited in DEI, with the following labels: “spinosus m.”, ( Hartig handwriten, white label) “Type Figites ? niger Hartig” (white label); “ Lectotype Figites spinosus Hartig 1843 , Ros-Farré desig. 2007” (red label); “ Aspicera hartigi Ros-Farré det 2007” (white label).

Type material of Aspicera brevispina : (1♀). HOLOTYPE female deposited in MNHN-Paris, with the following labels: “ 20/III/1897, Casa de Gomis ” (handwritten, white label), ”4” (handwritten, white label), “ Aspicera brevispina m, Espagne ♀ ” (handwritten, white label), “HOLOTYPE” (handwritten, red label), “Museum Paris, 1957 Coll. Kieffer ” (white label), “ Aspicera brevispina K.” (white label), “ Aspicera hartigi Dalla Torre, 1889 , det. P. Ros-Farré 2004” (white label) .

Additional material (37♂ & 11♀). CROATIA: 1♂ ( NHM) 25/ V /1934, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik , Loznica, D. Aubertin leg., B. M. 1934-360 ; CYPRUS: 6♂ ( NHM) 31-27- 23-17/ V /1934, Limassol, G. A. Mavromoustakis leg. B. M. 1935-55 . 1♂ ( NHM) 18/VIII/1934, Cherkes , G. A. Mavromoustakis leg., B. M. 1935-55 ; 1♂ ( NHM) 20-21/ V /1952, Monl., G. A. Mavromoustakis leg, B. M. 1952-527 ; FRANCE: 1♀ ( UB) 15/IX/1993, Hérault, St. Gulhem Désert , Les Lavagnes, 50m; G. Delvare leg. 1♀ ( UB) 7/ V /1994, Hérault, Pégairolles, Buèges , Source de Bouèges , G. Delvare leg. ; 1♂ ( UB) 7–13/IV/1989, Hérault , Gabels, H. Tussac leg. ; 1♂ ( UB) 28/VIII/1988, Monieux, Vauclusse , 850m, G. Delvare leg. ; 1♂ ( UB) 20–30/ VI /1991, Hérault , Gabels, H. Tussac leg. ; GRECE: 1♂ ( NHM) 6/ VI /1971, Lutraki nr. Korint, M. Higginbotham leg. ; IRAN: 1♂ ( CAS) 11/VII/1966, Hamadän Dist., J. W. Macswain Col. Insect Survey. ; 1♀ ( CNCI) 29/VII/1978, Hamadän, J. T. Huber leg. ; ITALY: 1♂ ( UB) 28- VIII-2010, Illasi, Verona Azienda Trabucchi. Reared from larva of Paragus ; D. Sommaggio leg ; 6 ♂ ( CNCI) 4/ VI /1997, Sicilly (SR) Penisda Magnisi, J. Pinto leg. ; 1♂ ( NHM) 27/VIII/1972, Lago , Bolsena, Boucek leg. ; JORDAN: 2♂ ( CNCI) 26–27/IV/1968, S. Jordan, Wadi Wala , J. & S. Klapperich leg. ; SPAIN: 1♀ ( UB) 28/VII/ 1989, Albacete, La Recueja ; 1♀ ( NHM) 2/VII/1974, Granada , La Herradura, Boucek leg. ; 1♂ ( UB) 30/IV/1987, Pitarque ; 1♂ ( UB) 15/ VI /1996, Andalucía, La Almudena, P. Ros-Farré leg. ; 1♂ ( UB) 25/ V /1998, Sa Roca , El Toro, Menorca, D. Ventura leg. ; 1♀ ( UB) 22/ V /1998, Menorca, Ciutadella Nord , M-10 C-2., D. Ventura leg. ; 2♂ & 1♀ ( UB) 16/ VI /1996, Los Molinos , Almeria, Andalucía, P. Ros-Farré leg. ; 1♂ ( UB Blasco-Zumeta leg) Monegros (nº 3259) ; 1♂ ( UB Blasco-Zumeta leg) Monegros (nº 3332) ; 2♂ ( NHM) 11/ VI /1973, Tarragona , Salou, Z. Boucek leg. B. M. 1973-312 ; 1♀ ( UB) 19–25/ VI /1995, Catalunya, Vilassar de Dalt , D. Ventura leg. ; TURKEY: 1♀ (MNHN-Paris) 1919, Angora (Ankara), 10/9. Coll. J. De Gaulle ; 1♀ ( NHM) 12/VII/1960, Ankara, Kavaklidere , 2700m, Gulchard & Harvey leg. B.M. 1960-364 ; 1♂ ( NHM) 9/ VI /1959, Amasya, 1400ft, K. M. Gulchard. B.M.: 1960-62 ; 1♀ ( NHM) 24/ VI /1962, Ankara, 20km. N of Sereflikochisar , 900m, Gulchard & Harvey leg., B.M. 1962-229 ; 1♂ ( NHM) 18/VII/1959, Suluca , 2000m, K. M. Gulchard leg., B.M. 1960-62 ; 1♂ ( NHM) 6/VIII/1960, Ankara, Kavaklidere , 2700m, Gulchard & Harvey leg. B.M. 1960-364 ; 1♂ (MNHN-Paris) 1919, Stambul, J. Degaulle coll.

Diagnosis. Aspicera hartigi is similar to A. buffingtoni having scutellar foveae with, at least, two longitudinal carinae continuing along scutellar disc and having deep scutellar pits. In A. hartigi the scutum is transversely carinate while in A. buffingtoni it is coriaceous.

Redescription

Length. Male 2.1–3.5 mm; female 2.3–3.5 mm.

Coloration. Type material and most specimens: head black. Scape and pedicellum black, flagellomeres medium to dark brown. Pronotum and mesosoma usually light to dark brown with variable darker areas, sometimes mostly black with small lighter areas. Mesopleuron black. Metasoma dark brown to black. Legs medium brown. In other specimens scutum entirely black or light brown, antennae light brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous with weak to sharp rugose sculpture. Lateral frontal carinae curved, sinuous near ocelli. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with fine or medium impressed transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous, with transverse carinae. Vertex weakly incised or flat, coriaceous or shiny, with very sharp rugose sculpture. Ocelli slightly prominent. Occiput with fine transverse carinae basally, behind ocelli with longitudinal carinae; shiny or weakly coriaceous.

Antenna. FEMALE. Slightly subclavate. Antennal formula: 9(4.5): 4(4): 8(3.5): 7(4): 8(4): 8(4): 7(4): 7(4.): 6(4.): 6(4): 7(4): 5(4): 13(4). MALE. Filiform. F1 sharply excavated. Antennal formula: 7(4): 3(3.5): 8(4): 7(4): 7(4): 7(4): 7.5(4): 7.5(4): 6.5(4): 7(4): 7(4): 6.5(3.5): 6.5(3.5): 9(3).

Mesosoma. FEMALE. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with sharp to weak rugose sculpture or with transverse carinae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin with scattered setae. Scutum sharply coriaceous with transverse carinae rather sharp or dull. Lateral line conspicuous, incomplete. Antero-admedian lines alutaceous, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel, weaker or as impressed as median ridge. Notauli and median mesoscutal sulcus with transverse carinae variable in number. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, smooth, pubescent anteriorly. Mesopleuron alutaceous, with oblique carinae on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 0.8–1.1 times scutum length, emarginate on posterior half. Scutellar foveae with longitudinal carinae continuing along scutellar disc, scutellar pits rather deep. Interfoveal carina conspicuous on scutellar disc, continuing at least to first 1/3 of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc swollen posterior to scutellar foveae, coriaceous, with clear longitudinal carinae, sometimes with rugose carinae between them, slightly to gradually sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.33–0.65 times length of scutellar disc, rather narrow, with fine striae or coriaceous, straight in lateral view. MALE. Scutellum 0.9–1.1 times scutum length. Scutellar spine 0.4–0.65 times length of scutellar disc.

Wing. Radial cell 1.70 to 2.50 longer than wide. Wing pubescence slightly reduced. Marginal pubescence short, sparce. R1 long. R2 curved. Rs+M absent.

Biology. According to labels reared from larva of Paragus ( Diptera : Syrphidae ).

Distribution. Western and Central Palaearctic. Recorded from Spain, Italy ( Corsica), Austria ( Dalla Torre & Kieffer, 1910); here recorded from Croatia, Cyprus, France, Grece, Iran ( Belizin, 1952), Jordan, Turkey and Spain.

Comments. The type material of Aspicera coriacea Kieffer, 1901 , collected form Corsica Island, has not been found. Thus, it is presumably lost. After a detailed study of the original description, we consider A. coriacea a new synonymy of A. hartigi .

Figures

FIGURE 2. (a) Occiput of Aspicera belizini, (b) A. buffingtoni, (c) A. uthaensis, (d) metasoma of A. punctifrons, (e) propodeum of A. hartigi, (f) scutellum of A. foveata from Kovalev (1974: 283), (g) A. kerzhneri from Kovalev (1974: 283).

FIGURE 17. Aspicera hartigi Dalla Torre: (a) mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.