Aspicera carinata Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar, 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 : 19-20

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

( Figs 1f , 30a & b )

Type material: (6♀). HOLOTYPE 1♀ ( CNCI) 29/V-4/VI/1988, Fairfax Co. Nr Annamdale VA (TM) Virginia, USA, D. R. Smith col. PARATYPES (5♀): CANADA: 1♀ ( CNCI) 12/VII/1958, Delhi , Ontario, L.A. Kelton leg. USA: 1♀ ( CNCI) 13/VI/1947, E. Hardford . Connecticut, Howard E. Evans leg.; 1♀ ( UB) 1–19/VI/1988, Williamsville , Wayne Co . Montana, Malaise trap, J.T. Becker leg.; 1♀ ( UB) 7/VI/1957, Highlands , North Carolina. 3800', W.R.M. Mason leg.; 1♀ ( CNCI) 7/VI/1957, Highlands , North Carolina, W.R.M. Mason leg.

Diagnosis. Aspicera carinata belongs to the group of species with prominent interfoveal carina and lateral surface of pronotum without sharp transverse carinae. This species is similar to A. dianae having long and slender scutellar spine and scutellum flat in lateral view. But they can be distinguished by the dorsal view of the scutellum, which is flat in A. dianae and roof-shaped in A. carinata .

Description

Length. Males 4.0– 4.6 mm.; female unknown.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Scape and pedicellum black, flagellomeres dark brown. Leg reddish brown. Wing veins light brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, rugose, with punctate sculpture between central and lateral ocelli. Lateral frontal carinae curved, weak near ocelli. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with small transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous, with numerous transverse carinae. Vertex not incised, coriaceous, punctate, with transverse furrow on central area. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous with very thin and incomplete transverse carinae basally, longitudinal weak carinae behind ocelli.

Antenna. Subclavate. Antennal formula: 14(8): 4(6): 14.5(5): 11(6): 11(6): 11(6): 10(6): 10(5.5): 9.5(5.5): 9.5(5): 9(5): 9(5): 20(5)

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin with few scattered setae or glabrous. Scutum coriaceous, with transverse carinae. Lateral line incomplete, sharply noticeable on ventral half. Antero-admedian lines sharp, prominent, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel; median ridge prominent. Notauli wide, smooth, with transverse carinae, sometimes effaced on central area and sharp near margin. Median mesoscutal furrow smooth. Area between notauli sharply prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, sharply pubescent, smooth posteriorly, alutaceous on dorsal 1/2. Mesopleuron coriaceous, sometimes with some punctate sculpture on anterior 1/3, smooth posteriorly. Scutellum 0.95–1.2 times scutum length, emarginate. Scutellar foveae rugose, quite deep, small compared to scutellar disc, scutellar pits shallow. Interfoveal carina very much prominent, strongly noticeable in lateral view, continuing along scutellar disc until beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc flat, with sinuous longitudinal carinae and irregular transverse carinae between them, with small carinae along scutellar margin, very slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.70–1.0 times length of scutellar disc, wide and sharp, with fine longitudinal rugae, clearly directed downwards in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 0.75–1.0 longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence absent. R1 short. R2 curved. Rs+M absent.

Derivatio nominis. Specific name refers to the sharp interfoveal carina present in this species.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic. USA (Connecticut, Montana, North Carolina, Virginia) and Canada (Ontario).

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 30. Aspicera carinata Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.