Aspicera readae 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 : 42-43

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

( Figs 1c , 45a & b )

Type material: (2♂ & 2♀). HOLOTYPE female ( CNCI) 4–14/VIII/1989, Ibaraki, Tsukuba , Niaes , M. Sharkey leg., (Fit and MT) JAPAN . PARATYPES (2♂ & 1♀) JAPAN: 1♂ ( UB) 21/IX/1989, Honshu, Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiura, sweep ; 1♀ (UB) 4–14/VIII/1989, Ibaraki, Tsukuba , Niaes , M. Sharkey leg., (Fit and MT) ; 1♂ ( CNCI) 21/IX/1989, Honshu, Ibaraki Pref. Tsuchiura, sweep .

Diagnosis. Aspicera readae has a character unique within the genus, the lateral frontal carinae straight and in straight line with lateral facial carinae, moreover the notauli are coriaceous with some transverse carinae, the scutellar spine is long and slender.

Description

Length. Female 2.8–2.9 mm.; male 2.9–3.2 mm.

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

Head. Frons coriaceous, with small rugose carinae. Lateral frontal carinae very weakly curved. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae with few weak transverse carinae. Lateral frontal carinae straight and in straight line with lateral facial carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous, with transverse carinae. Vertex weakly incised, with sharp rugose carinae. Ocelli prominent. Occiput coriaceous, with sinuous longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, behind ocelli, and few transverse carinae on basal 2/3.

Antenna. FEMALE. Filiform. Antennal formula: 13(5): 3(4): 10(4): 10(4): 10(4): 10(4): 9(4): 8.5(4): 8.5(5): 7.5(5): 8(5): 7.5(4): 15.5(4). MALE. Filiform. F1 clearly modified. Antennal formula: 8(6): 3(4): 12(4.5): 12.5(4.5): 12(4.5): 12(4.5): 12(4.5): 12(4): 11(4): 11(4): 10(4): 10(4): 9.5(4): 16(4).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous, with sharp transverse carinae. Subpronotal plate not sharply projected, dorsal margin with few scattered setae. Scutum coriaceous, with small transverse carinae, mostly between notauli. Lateral line complete, very conspicuous. Antero-admedian line sharp, prominent, reaching 1/2 scutum length, straight, median ridge weaker. Notauli and median mesoscutal furrow coriaceous, with some weak transverse carinae. Area between notauli slightly prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, pubescent, with coriaceous sculpture, sharp anteriorly, weaker basally. Mesopleuron coriaceous on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 1.1–1.2 times scutum length, emarginate. Scutellar foveae smooth, scutellar pits absent. Interfoveal carina and lateral carinae weak, continuing to first 1/3 of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc flat, coriaceous, with one longitudinal carina on each side, straight in lateral view. Scutellar spine long, 1.1–1.18 times length of scutellar disc, longitudinally striate, slender, in lateral view on the same plane as scutellar disc, slightly sloping down. MALE. Scutellum 1.1–1.25 times scutum length, emarginate. Scutellar spine long, 0.95 times length of scutellar disc.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.3–2.4 longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence long and dense. R1 short. R2 slightly curved. Rs+M absent.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to our friend Jennifer Read, assistant at the CNCI.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Eastern Palaeartic: Japan.

Figures

FIGURE 1. (a) Frontal area of Aspicera aculeata, (b) head in frontal view of A. caminali, (c) A.readae, (d) A. dianae, (e) A. punctifrons, (f) A. carinata.

FIGURE 45. Aspicera readae Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar n. sp.: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.