Aspicera magdae 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 : 36-37

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

( Figs 39a & b )

Type material: (1♂ & 1♀). HOLOTYPE male ( NHM) 22/VIII/1977, Soltaniyeh , 1800m, Zanjan, IRAN, E. J. Munday leg. PARATYPE 1♀ ( NHM) 25/III/1973, Tozeur. K.M.Guichart leg. TUNISIA .

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

Description

Length. Male 3.76 mm.; female 3.92 mm.

Coloration. Head and metasoma black. Flagellomeres medium brown to black, scape and pedicellum black. Mesosoma light orange except mesopleuron, metapleurae, propodeum and scutellar spine black. Tibia and trocanter dark brown, remaining leg segments orange. Wing veins light brown.

Head. MALE. Frons coriaceous, with sharp longitudinal sinuous carinae. Lateral frontal carinae sharp, curved, area between lateral frontal carinae and compound eye with transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view curved, slightly expanded, coriaceous or shiny, with sharp transverse carinae. Vertex not incised, alutaceous, rugose. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput slightly alutaceous, with sharp transverse carinae, longitudinal carinae behind ocelli and with short median vertical groove. FEMALE. Frons slightly coriaceous and rugose. Occiput shiny.

Antenna. MALE. Filiform. F1 very slightly modified. Antennal formula: 5(3): 2(2.5): 5.5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 4.5(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 7(2.5). FEMALE. Slightly subclavate. Antennal formula: 6(3): 2(2): 5(2.5): 5(2.5): 4(2.5): 2(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2.5): 4(2): 8(2).

Mesosoma. MALE. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with sharp sinuous transverse carinae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent. Scutum weakly alutaceous, with transverse carinae and punctate sculpture on lateral areas. Lateral line incomplete only present on basal 2/3, antero-admedian lines sharp, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel. Notauli and median mesoscutal furrow with transverse carinae. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, smooth, with few scattered setae. Mesopleuron with oblique carinae and punctate on anterior 1/3, smooth posteriorly. Scutellum 0.98 times scutum length, sharply emarginate. Scutellar foveae transversely oval, smooth, deep, scutellar pits sharply deep. Interfoveal carina sharply continuing along scutellar disc to end of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc with two lateral carinae on each side, some transverse small carinae between them, convex, sloping towards apex of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.53 times length of scutellar disc, shiny, with longitudinal carinae, directed downwards in lateral view. FEMALE. Lateral surface of pronotum with weaker carinae. Scutum with very scarce alutaceous sculpture. Notauli and median mesoscutal furrow with weak transverse carinae. Scutellum 0.9 times scutum length. Scutellar spine 0.53 times length of scutellar disc

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.26 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence short, starting posterior to R2. R1 long. R2 almost straight. Rs+M marked by a shadow.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Magdalena Villar Martínez mother in law of the first author and mother of the second author.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Western and Central Palaearctic. Known from Iran and Tunisia.

Figures

FIGURE 39. Aspicera magdae Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.