Aspicera kovalevi 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 : 34-35

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

( Figs 7a & b )

Type material: (1♂). HOLOTYPE male ( CNCI) 21–28/VII/1977, Teller , Colorado, 8000, 7 mi. N. Woodland Pk., South Meadows Camp , S. Peck col. USA.

Diagnosis. Aspicera kovalevi belongs to the group of species having sharp punctuation on scutum and lacking median mesoscutal carina. The most important character that distinguishes A. kovalevi is the scutellum, which is very flat and sharply emarginate, and scutellar foveae very smooth, large and shallow.

Description

Length. Male 3.72 mm.; female unknown.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Antennae darkish brown basally, medium brown towards apical antennomeres. Tibia and trocanter dark brown, remaining leg segments medium to light brown. Wing veins medium brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous. Lateral frontal carinae sharp, curved, area between lateral frontal carinae and compound eye with transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, expanded, coriaceous, with many transverse carinae. Vertex not incised, coriaceous, with some weak punctuations. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous, with some weak longitudinal carinae behind ocelli.

Antenna. Filiform. F1 clearly excavated. Antennal formula: 4(3): 1.5(3): 6.5(3): 6(3): 5.5(3): 5.5(3): 5(3): 5(2.5): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 7.5(2).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent. Scutum finely coriaceous, punctate. Lateral line incomplete, only present on basal 2/3, antero-admedian lines very weak reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel. Medial mesoscutal line only present between antero-admedian lines, very weak. Notauli and median mesoscutal furrow with very weak transverse carinae. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus narrow, ending in front of tegula, smooth, with some scattered setae. Mesopleuron with oblique carinae and weakly coriaceous on anterior 1/3, smooth posteriorly. Scutellum 0.92 times scutum length, sharply emarginate. Scutellar foveae very large, shiny, shallow, scutellar pits absent. Interfoveal carina continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc flat, coriaceous, with some weak, small and sinuous longitudinal carinae, very slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine wide, short, 0.46 times length of scutellar disc, coriaceous, straight in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.00 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence present, very short. R1 short. R2 almost straight, sometimes slightly curved near dorsal margin. Rs+M marked by a shadow.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Oleg Kovalev, for his contribution on the knowledge of Cynipoidea.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic: USA (Colorado).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Aspicera kovalevi Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.