Aspicera julii 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 : 32

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

( Figs 32a & b )

Type material: (1♀). HOLOTYPE female ( CNCI) 20/VII/1953, Obergurgl Tirol, 1950m, J. R. Vockeroth leg., AUSTRIA.

Diagnosis. Aspicera julii belongs to the group of species with prominent interfoveal carina and lateral surface of pronotum lacking sharp transverse carinae. A. julii is similar to A. proxima having scutellum slightly convex; they can be differentiated by the scutellar foveae, which are slightly carinate in A. proxima and coriaceous posteriorly in A. julii , and by the notauli, wide in A. proxima and narrow in A. julii .

Description

Length. Female 3.1 mm.; male unknown.

Coloration. Head, antenna, mesosoma and metasoma black. Leg dark to medium brown. Wing veins medium brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, with punctate sculpture and small carinae on dorsal half. Lateral frontal carinae weak near antennal foramina, divergent. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, expanded, coriaceous, transversely carinate. Vertex weakly incised, coriaceous, punctate. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous weakly carinate.

Antenna. Filiform. F1 modified. Antennal formula: 5(3): 2(2.5): 6.5(3): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5.5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 4.5(2.5): 4.5(2.5): 7.5(2).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous, weakly striate. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent with a small glabrous area on center. Scutum coriaceous, punctate. Lateral line conspicuous, incomplete. Antero-admedian lines narrow, reaching 1/3 scutum length, parallel; median ridge narrow. Notauli narrow, slightly striate. Median mesoscutal furrow narrow. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, pubescent anteriorly, alutaceous. Mesopleuron striate basally and on anterior 1/3. Scutellum 0.72 times scutum length, emarginate laterally. Scutellar foveae coriaceous posteriorly, scutellar pits very shallow. Interfoveal carina prominent, noticeable in lateral view, continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc slightly swollen posterior to scutellar foveae, carinate longitudinally, slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.3 times length of scutellar disc, narrow, coriaceous, slightly directed downwards in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 1.7 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence present from R2. R1 long. R2 straight. Rs+M clearly marked by a smoked shadow.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Juli Pujade i Ros, son of the authors.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Western Palaearctic: Austria.

Figures

FIGURE 32. Aspicera julii Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.