Aspicera carlestolrai 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 : 20-21

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

( Figs 10a & b )

Type material: (1♂ & 1♀). HOLOTYPE female ( CNCI) 6/7/1958, Lethiridge Alta , Alberta, CANADA, O. Peck, Swept from Russian Thhisile . PARATYPE: 1♂ ( UB) 4/VI/1956, Manyberries Alta , Alberta, CANADA, O. Peck .

Diagnosis. Aspicera carlestolrai has scutum sharply and densely punctate, lacks median mesoscutal carina and scutellar foveae are sharply striate longitudinally. This species is similar to A. gemmae , but in A. gemmae scutellar foveae are only carinate near interfoveal carina and scutellar spine is wide, while in A. carlestolrai scutellar foveae are completely carinate and scutellar spine is thin.

Description

Length. Female 3.92 mm.; male 3.75 mm.

Coloration. FEMALE. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Scape and pedicellum black, F1 dark brown, remaining flagellomeres light brown. Leg light brown. MALE. Antenna dark brown. Leg and wing veins medium brown.

Head. FEMALE. Frons coriaceous, punctate, facial carinae weak. Lateral frontal carinae weak, curved. Area between lateral frontal carinae and compound eye striate. Gena in lateral view rounded, expanded, coriaceous, with numerous transverse carinae. Vertex not incised, coriaceous, punctate. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous, punctate, with weak longitudinal rugae behind compound eye. MALE. Frons coriaceous, slightly rugose, with punctuations near ocelli. Occiput not punctate.

Antenna. FEMALE: Filiform. Antennal formula: 7(4): 2(2): 6(2): 4.5(2): 4.5(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 7(2). MALE. Filiform. F1 cleraly modified. Antennal formula: 5(4): 2(3): 7(3): 5(3): 5(3): 5(3): 4.5(3): 5(3): 4.5(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 7(2)

Mesosoma. FEMALE: Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent. Scutum coriaceous, punctate, punctuations small and dense, distance between them smaller than their diameter. Lateral line incomplete, present on basal 2/3, antero-admedian lines weak, reaching 1/3-1/2 scutum length, parallel. Median mesoscutal line absent. Notauli narrow; notauli and median mesoscutal furrow with effaced transverse striae. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus narrow, ending in front of tegula, smooth, with some scattered setae. Mesopleuron carinate, coriaceous on anterior 1/3, smooth posteriorly. Scutellum 0.88 times scutum length, sharply emarginate. Scutellar foveae deep, carinate longitudinally, scutellar pits absent. Interfoveal carina and longitudinal carinae inside foveae continuing along scutellar disc until end of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc coriaceous, with longitudinal carinae, weak near scutellar foveae and stronger posteriorly, straight in lateral view. Scutellar spine thin, 0.43 times length of scutellar disc, coriaceous, longitudinally striate, straight in lateral view. MALE: Scutellar foveae sharply carinate longitudinally. Scutellum as long as scutum. Scutellar spine shorter, 0.5 times length of scutellar disc

Wing. FEMALE: Wing membrane slightly hyaline. Radial cell 2 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence present basally. R1 short but sometimes with shadow reaching the margin. R2 straight, slightly curved near dorsal margin. RS+M slightly marked by a shadow. MALE: Radial cell 2.33 times longer than wide.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Miguel Carles-Tolrà, friend of the authors and a great entomologist.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic: Canada (Alberta).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Aspicera carlestolrai Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.