Aspicera tomasi Ros-Farré, 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 : 53-54

Aspicera tomasi Ros-Farré n. sp.

( Figs 3a , 19a & b )

Type material: (1♂ & 3♀). HOLOTYPE 1♀ ( CNCI) 16–27/X/1989, Ibaraki, Tsuchiur Marsh , JAPAN, M. J. Sharkey col. PARATYPES (1♂ & 2♀): JAPAN: 1♀ ( UB) 16–27/X/1989, Ibaraki, Tsuchiur Marsh , M. J. Sharkey leg. ; 1♂ ( CNCI) 19/IX-2/X/1989, Ibaraki Pret, Tsuchiura marsh, M. J. Sharkey leg. ; 1♀ ( CNCI) 8/IX, Nikko, Harrington , W.H.Harrington leg.

Diagnosis. Aspicera tomasi belongs to the group of species with prominent interfoveal carina, but it can be differentiated from other species of this group because A. tomasi has carinate occiput and lateral face of pronotum rugose on dorsal half. Furthermore, A. tomasi has long marginal pubescence on wing beginning before radial cell.

Description

Length. Female 2.5–3.2 mm.; male 2.88 mm.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Scape and pedicellum blackish brown, flagellomeres dark brown. Leg dark brown with some lighter areas, yellow on fore legs orange on hind legs. Wing veins medium brown.

Head. FEMALE. Frons coriaceous, with rugose sculpture on dorsal half and central area. Lateral frontal carinae straight but divergent, distance between them shorter near antennal foramina. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with transversal carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous, with few transversal carinae. Vertex weakly incised, little coriaceous, with oblique carinae between lateral ocelli, microsculpture between lateral and central ocelli nearly absent. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous with longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, behind ocelli, and thin complete transversal carinae on basal 2/3. FEMALE. Frons more rugose. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with stronger transversal carinae.

Antenna. FEMALE. Filiform. Antennal formula: 8(5): 3.5(4): 8(4): 7(4): 7.5(4): 8(4): 8(4): 8(4): 7(4): 7(4): 6.5(4): 7.5(4): 15(4). MALE. Filiform. F1 clearly excavated. Antennal formula: 10(5.5): 3(5): 11.5(4.5): 10.5(4.5): 11(4.5): 11(5): 10.5(5): 10.5(4.5): 10(4.5): 10(4.5): 9(4): 10(4): 9(4): 14(4).

Mesosoma. FEMALE. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with quite dull transversal carinae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent with small glabrous central area. Scutum coriaceous. Lateral line complete, very conspicuous. Antero-admedian lines strong, prominent, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, straight; median ridge strong. Notauli smooth, with clear transversal carinae. Median mesoscutal sulcus with conspicuous transversal carinae inside. Area between notauli prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, pubescent, coriaceous. Mesopleuron alutaceous, some punctuate sculpture on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 1.0–1.2 times scutum length, strongly marginate on posterior half. Scutellar foveae smooth, deep and big, scutellar pits shallow. Interfoveal carina prominent and continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc weakly rugose, with one carina in each side strong and confluent, very slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine long, between 0.8–1.0 times scutellar disc length, narrow, with fine longitudinal rugae. MALE. Antero-admedian lines slightly longer than in female. Scutum with transversal carinae. Median mesoscutal furrow smooth, with effaced transversal carinae. Parascutal sulcus alutaceous. Scutellar disc in lateral view sloping towards basis of scutellar spine, slightly directed downwards. Scutellum 1.3 times scutum length. Scutellar spine long, 1.1 times scutellar disc length.

Wing. MALE. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.2–2.5 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence long, strong marginal pubescence between basis of dorsal margin and radial cell. R1 long. R2 straight. Rs+M absent. FEMALE. Radial cell 2.9 times longer than wide.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Tomàs Caminal i Ros, nephew of the authors.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Eastern Palaeartic: Japan.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Radial cell of: (a) Aspicera tomasi, (b) A. uthaensis.

FIGURE 19. Aspicera tomasi Ros-Farré n. sp.: (a) mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.