Prosaspicera pseudoclavata Ros-Farré, 2006

Ros-Farré, P. & Pujade-Villar, J., 2006, Revision of the genus Prosaspicera Kieffer, 1907 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae), Zootaxa 1379 (1379), pp. 1-102 : 44-45

Prosaspicera pseudoclavata Ros-Farré n. sp.

( Figs 3a, 7b & 8b)

Type material (1 ♂ & 2 ♀). HOLOTYPE female ( CAS), 1/ 4-V-1984, Madre de Dios, ' Rio Tambopata' reserve , 30 Km. (air) SW Puerto Maldonado, 290 m ., 12º50'S 069º20'W, PERU, W. J. Pulawski col. ; PARATYPES (1♂ & 1 ♀): 1 ♀ ( UB), Ibaraki, Tsukuba, Niaes, JAPAN, 8-15/ VI /1999, M. Sharkey , Fit & Mt .; 1 ♂ ( CAS), 14/ 19-I-1996, Forest Research Station , 1 Km N. Kurupukari, GUYANA, Canopy fog sample of Mora tree, W. Tschinkel leg.

Diagnosis. Prosaspicera pseudoclavata is similar to P. splendida n. sp., in that they both have a very long scutellar spine ( Figs 7a, b). They can be differentiated by the notauli, without lateral margin in P. pseudoclavata and with lateral margin in P. splendida n. sp. The scutellar spine is strongly curved in P. splendida n. sp. (Fig. 8a) and nearly straight in P. pseudoclavata (Fig. 8b); in P. splendida n. sp. the lateral surface of pronotum is transversely carinated, while in P. pseudoclavata there is only a single transversal carina. The antenna in P. pseudoclavata female ( Fig. 3a) has a pseudoclava; in all other females of Prosaspicera it is filiform.

Description. Length. Females 3.4 mm.; male 3.2 mm.

Coloration. Head black, mesosoma yelowish to reddish brown, pronotum, mesopleura and metanotum dark brown in male. Legs yelowish to reddish brown, except for hind tarsus, which are darker. Metanotum dark brown. Antenna light brown except for the 5 last segments which are almost black, entirely light brown in male.

Head. Frons coriaceous with frontal carinae. Lateral frontal carinae strongly prominent, area between them and eye coriaceous. Occipital carina strongly angled behind dorsal 1/3 of eye. Gena glabrous, strongly expanded, coriaceous and with one or two transverse carinae. Vertex widely incised, flat centrally, coriaceous, in posterior part coriaceous and with one longitudinal carina on each side of median vertical groove, which is smooth. Ocelli conspicuously prominent; less prominent in males. Occiput coriaceous, delimited with one strong transverse carina.

Antenna. FEMALE. F1 to F3 filiform, F4 to F6 apex wider than basis, F7 to F11 make up a pseudoclub. Antennal formula: 5.1(3): 2(2.5): 7(1): 6.5(1.2): 6.5(1.5): 5.8(2): 5(2.1): 4(2.5): 4(2.9): 4(3): 4(3): 4(3): 8(2.9) MALE. Filiform. Antennal formula: 4(2.2): 2(2): 6(2): 5(1.2): 5.5(1.2): 6(1.1): 5(1.2): 5(1.2): 5(1.5): 5(1.5): 4.5(1.5): 4.5(1.5): 4.5(1.5): 7(1).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with transverse carina on upper 1/ 3, densely pubescent. Subpronotal plate coriaceous, with scattered setae laterally, glabrous centrally. Mesoscutum with scattered setae, coriaceous. Antero-admedian lines strongly prominent reaching 1/3 the length of scutum and subparallel. Median ridge prominent and divided before median mesoscutal furrow. Notauli effaced, without external margin. Median mesoscutal furrow coriaceous and short. Area between notauli and end of median mesoscutal furrow weakly prominent. Parascutal sulcus quite coriaceous and glabrous in posterior part, narrowing from tegulae to anterior end of notauli. Mesopleura weakly coriaceous on anterior 1/2 and smooth on posterior 1/2. Scutellum 3.85 to 3.92 times length of scutum. Scutellar foveae subsquared, although rather oval in male, shallow, weakly sculptured and shining, with posterior margin; interfoveal line strong until the 1/2 of the spine, lateral carinae weakly impressed on spine to last 1/3. Scutellar disc coriaceous. Scutellar spine granulate-striated, in lateral view, anterior 1/2 at same plane as scutellar foveae and straight, last 1/2 downwards directed, and widely exceeding radial cell of wing.

Wings. Forewing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.45 to 2.5 times longer than wide, 2.16 in male. Marginal pubescence long and dense, beginning before Rs. R1 absent, Rs straight.

Derivatio nominis. Refers to the condition in females in which the last antennomeres form a weak pseudoclava, this is unique among the known species of Prosaspicera .

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic and Neotropical. Known from Japan, Peru and Guyana.