Aspicera attenuata Belizin, 1952

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 : 15-16

Aspicera attenuata Belizin, 1952

( Figs 22a & b )

Aspicera attenuata Belizin, 1952: 297 .

Type material: ( 1♀). HOLOTYPE female deposited in ZIN with the following labels: “ 20.VII.1926, Lamin-Gegen, south-east of Khangae , A.Kirichenko” (handwritten, in Russian); “Holotypus Aspicera attenuata ♀, v. Belizin det.” (red label). MONGOLIA.

Diagnosis. Aspicera attenuata belongs to the group of species with prominent interfoveal carina and lateral surface of pronotum without sharp transverse carinae. It is similar to A. martae and A. annae because they are the only species in this group with complete lateral carinae of scutum. A. attenuata has scutellar spine short, 0.50 times length of scutellar disc, while in A. martae and A. annae it is longer, 0.80–0.90 times length of scutellar disc. Notauli are transversely carinate in A. attenuata , but not carinate in A. martae and A. annae .

Redescription

Length. Female 3.20 mm.; male unknown.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Scape and pedicellum black, flagellomeres dark brown. Leg dark to light brown. Wing membrane hyaline, wing veins medium brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, with weak rugose sculpture on dorsal half and central area. Lateral frontal carinae weakly curved, medium impressed. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous and weakly carinate transversely. Vertex weakly incised, coriaceous and with weak rugose sculpture. Ocelli slightly prominent. Occiput coriaceous with rugose carinae on dorsal 1/3, behind ocelli, and with few effaced and incomplete transverse carinae.

Antenna. Lost in the type material.

Mesosoma. Some parts of the scutum can not be described because it is broken. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with few weak transverse striae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent. Scutum coriaceous. Lateral line very conspicuous, clearly reaching anterior margin of scutum. Antero-admedian lines sharp, prominent, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel. Notauli with clear transverse carinae, mostly smooth, weak alutaceous sculpture on anterior half. Median mesoscutal furrow smooth at central area and alutaceous near margins. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus weakly pubescent, alutaceous ending near anterior end of notauli. Mesopleuron coriaceous, with clear punctate sculpture on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 1.19 times scutum length, emarginate. Scutellar foveae smooth, slightly deep and large, scutellar pits shallow. Interfoveal carina prominent, continuous along scutellar disc until first 1/3 of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc with two longitudinal carinae on each side, slightly convex, very slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.50 times length of scutellar disc, narrow, with fine longitudinal rugae, straight in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.07 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence present. R1 long. R2 straight. Rs+M absent.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic: Mongolia.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Aspicera attenuata Belizin: (a) head and mesosoma in lateroposterior view, (b) mesoscutum in dorsal view, (c) scutellum in dorsal view.