Aspicera longispina Kieffer, 1901

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 : 35-36

Aspicera longispina Kieffer, 1901

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Aspicera longispina Kieffer, 1901: 158-9

Type material: ( 1♀). HOLOTYPE female (although label data says male) ( MNCN) Label data: “Agalla de Cynips mayri 20/X/1895 ”; “♂”; “ Aspicera n. sp. ” “ Aspicera ”; “ A. longispina Sintipo ?”.

Additional material (6♂ & 2♀) FRANCE: 1♂ ( UB) 7–13/IV/1989, Grabels, Hérault, H. Tussac leg. HUNGARY: 1♀ ( HNHM) 8/ VI /1939, Kalocsa, J. Erdös leg. ; SPAIN: 2 ♂ ( UB) 6/IX/1965, Alcalá de la Selva, Teruel, I. Docavo Alberti leg. ; 1♂ ( UB) 13/VIII/1965, Alcalá de la Selva, Teruel, I. Docavo Alberti leg. ; 1♀ ( UB) 29/VIII/1965, Alcalá de la Selva, Teruel, I. Docavo Alberti leg. ; 1 ♂ (MNHN-Paris) 25/III/1897, Casa Gomis, 1957 Coll. Kieffer, “ Aspicera longispina Kieff , det. Madl, 1991”; 1♂ ( UB) 22/VIII/1968, Mora de Rubielos , Teruel .

Diagnosis. Aspicera longispina belongs to the group of species with sharp longitudinal carinae on occiput, sharp transverse carinae on lateral surface of pronotum, scutellar disc flat in lateral view and notauli carinate transversely. Aspicera longispina is similar to A. danielssoni , but A. longispina is a robust insect (males>3.0mm.; females> 3.4mm.), scutum has weak or absent transverse carinae and notauli are weakly carinate transversely, while A. danielssoni is a small insect (males<2.7mm.; females unknown), with scutum and notauli sharply carinate transversely.

Redescription

Length. Female 3.4–3.9 mm.; male 3.1–4.7 mm.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Antenna dark to medium brown. Leg medium to light brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, with few sharp rugose carinae. Lateral frontal carinae straight, slightly divergent. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with transverse carinae. Gena rounded in lateral view, slightly expanded, coriaceous, with transverse carinae. Vertex little incised, sharply carinate, coriaceous. Ocelli quite prominent. Occiput coriaceous with conspicuous longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, scarce sharp transverse carinae on basal 2/3.

Antenna. FEMALE. Filiform. Antennal formula: 10(6): 4(5): 13(4): 11.5(4): 11.5(4): 11(4): 10(4): 10(4.5): 9(4.5): 8.5(4.5): 8(5): 8(5): 16(5) MALE. Filiform. F1 sharply excavated. Antennal formula: 8(5): 3(4.5): 13(5): 12(4.5): 11.5(4.5): 11.5(4.5): 11(5): 10(4.5): 9(4.5): 9(4.5): 9(4.5): 9(4.5): 8(4.5): 14(4).

Mesosoma. FEMALE. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with transverse carinae, sometimes sinuous. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin with scattered setae or glabrous. Scutum coriaceous, sometimes with weak transverse carinae. Lateral line complete, very conspicuous. Antero-admedian lines sharp, prominent, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, straight; median ridge sharp. Notauli smooth, with small transverse carinae, median mesoscutal furrow smooth or with smaller transverse carinae. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, pubescent, smooth or alutaceous mostly on anterior half. Mesopleuron coriaceous, with punctate sculpture on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area, some specimens coriaceous also posteriorly. Scutellum 1.1–1.25 times scutum length, emarginate. Scutellar foveae slightly alutaceous or smooth, scutellar pits shallow. Interfoveal carina prominent, continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc flat, coriaceous, with two sharp longitudinal carinae on each side, in lateral view straight, at the same level as scutellar spine or very slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine. Scutellar spine long, 0.7–1.3 times length of scutellar disc, slender, sharply striate longitudinally, straight or slightly directed downwards in lateral view. MALE. Parascutal sulcus almost smooth, with few scattered setae anteriorly. Scutellum 1.1–1.2 times scutum length. Scutellar spine long, 0.6–1.0 times length of scutellar disc.

Wing. FEMALE. Wing membrane slightly yellowish. Radial cell 2.0–2.25 longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence dense and long. R1 long. R2 straight, sometimes curved near margin of wing. Rs+M marked by a shadow. MALE. Radial cell 2.00 to 2.10 longer than wide.

Biology. Unknown; reported from Cynips mayri galls (now named Andricus dentimitratus ), but this cynipid cannot be the host.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic. Originally recorded from Spain; here recorded from France and Hungary.

Figures

FIGURE 48. Aspicera longispina Kieffer: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.