Aspicera belizini 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 : 16-17

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

( Figs 2a , 40a & b )

Type material: (1♂). HOLOTYPE male ( CAS) 22–23/III/ 1984 in Baja California Sur. Laguna Ojo de Liebre. 27º 45' N; 114º 10 W., MEXICO, J. Pulawski col.

Diagnosis. Aspicera belizini is similar to A. magdae , both species having sharp longitudinal carinae on occiput, sharp transverse carinae on lateral surface of pronotum, scutellar disc convex in lateral view, and lateral line of scutum incomplete. They can be easily differentiated because A. belizini has smooth scutellar foveae with effaced scutellar pits, while in A. magdae scutellar foveae have oblique carinae and very deep scutellar pits. Lateral surface of pronotum is entirely carinate transversely in A. magdae , but only carinate dorsally and ventrally in A. belizini .

Description

Length. Male 3.5 mm.; female unknown.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Scape and pedicellum dark brown, flagellomeres medium brown. Leg light brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, with some rugose sculpture. Lateral frontal carinae noticeable but not sharp, almost straight, slightly curved near antennal foramina. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae without transverse carinae. Lateral facial carinae straight near antennal foramina, almost following same trajectory as lateral frontal carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, shiny, with sharp transverse carinae. Vertex slightly incised, with punctate sculpture. Ocelli slightly prominent. Occiput with some alutaceous sculpture and smooth areas, with very sharp and long longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, noticeable transverse carinae on ventral 2/3.

Antenna. Filiform. F1 weakly excavated. Antennal formula: 9(6): 4(5): 11(4.5): 11(5): 12(5): 12(5): 11.5(5): 11.5(5): 10(4.5): 10(4.5): 10(4.5): 10(4): 9(4): 16(4).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous, with few weak transverse carinae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin sparsely pubescent. Scutum coriaceous with sharp transverse carinae. Lateral line conspicuous, incomplete, absent on anterior 1/3. Antero-admedian lines coriaceous, reaching 1/2 scutum length, parallel; median ridge very conspicuous. Notauli smooth with sharp transverse carinae. Median mesoscutal sulcus with very weak transverse carinae. Area between notauli slightly prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, smooth, pubescent anteriorly. Mesopleuron coriaceous, with small punctuation on anterior 1/4, carinate on ventral area and anterior 1/4, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum as long as scutum, weakly emarginate. Scutellar foveae smooth, scutellar pits very shallow. Interfoveal carina conspicuous on scutellar disc until beginning of scutellar spine, which is very narrow. Scutellar disc swollen posterior to scutellar foveae, sharply rugose, sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.7 times length of scutellar disc, directing downwards in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 1.9 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence very short, only present on ventral margin. R1 very short. R2 slightly curved. Rs+M absent.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to the great himenopterologist V.I. Belizin.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic: Mexico (Baja California).

Figures

FIGURE 2. (a) Occiput of Aspicera belizini, (b) A. buffingtoni, (c) A. uthaensis, (d) metasoma of A. punctifrons, (e) propodeum of A. hartigi, (f) scutellum of A. foveata from Kovalev (1974: 283), (g) A. kerzhneri from Kovalev (1974: 283).

FIGURE 40. Aspicera belizini Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.