Aspicera martae 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 : 38

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

( Figs 24a & b )

Type material: (1♀). HOLOTYPE female ( NHM) 9/XI/1936, Assam. Mishmi Hills , 4600 ft, Delai Valley , Talphlogam , INDIA, M. Steele. B.M.1937-324.

Diagnosis. Aspicera martae belongs to the group of species with prominent interfoveal carina and lateral surface of pronotum lacking sharp transverse carinae. This species is similar to A. annae but in A. martae occiput is coriaceous with some weak carinae, area between notauli and end of median mesoscutal furrow is prominent in lateral view, while in A. annae occiput is rugose, area between notauli and end of median mesoscutal furrow is flat.

Description

Length. Female 2.92 mm.; male unknown.

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

Head. Frons coriaceous, weakly rugose dorsally and centrally. Lateral frontal carinae weakly curved, almost straight, sharp. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae without transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous, with small transverse carinae. Vertex weakly incised, coriaceous, with sinuous carinae. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous with a few short longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, behind ocelli, with few effaced incomplete transverse carinae basally.

Antenna. Filiform. Antennal formula: 7.5(5): 4(4.5): 10(3.5): 10(4): 11(4): 10(4): 9(4.5): 8(4.5): 8(4.5): 7.5(4.5): 7.5(4.5): 8(4.5): 18(4.5).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous, with few weak transverse carinae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin glabrous. Scutum coriaceous. Lateral line complete, very conspicuous. Antero-admedian lines sharp, prominent, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel; median ridge sharp. Notauli coriaceous. Median mesoscutal furrow slightly alutaceous on dorsal 1/3. Area between notauli prominent. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, sharply wide, pubescent, weakly alutaceous. Mesopleuron coriaceous, with some rugose carinae on ventral area and anterior 1/3 smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 1.2 times scutum length, emarginate. Scutellar foveae smooth, slightly deep, large, scutellar pits shallow. Interfoveal carina prominent, continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc flat, coriaceous with one longitudinal carinae on each side, straight in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.9 times length of scutellar disc, rather narrow with fine longitudinal rugae, straight and flat in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.1 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence long. R1 long. R2 little curved. Rs+M absent.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Marta Pujade i Vilageliu, daughter of the second author.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic: India (northeastern corner, which is part of the Himalayan southeastern range and is considered as belonging to the Palaearctic), see the discussion.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Aspicera martae Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.