Aspicera sibirica Kieffer, 1901

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 : 48-49

Aspicera sibirica Kieffer, 1901

( Figs 21a & b )

Aspicera sibirica Kieffer, 1901: 158

Type material: ( 1♀). HOLOTYPE female deposited in ISEAK with the following labels: “siberie orient” (white label), “spinosa” (white label, hand written), “ aspicera sibirica n. sp. ” (white label, handwritten), RUSSIA.

Diagnosis. Aspicera sibirica belongs to the group of species with prominent interfoveal carina and lateral surface of pronotum lacking sharp transverse carinae. Lateral carinae of scutum clearly reach anterior margin of scutum like in A. attenuata , A. annae and A. martae . Aspicera sibirica can be easily differentiated from these species by the scutellar foveae having weak longitudinal carinae posteriorly, and by the lateral surface of pronotum lacking transversal carinae and striae, while in A. attenuata , A. annae and A. martae scutellar foveae are smooth and lateral surface of pronotum has weak transversal striae ( A. attenuata ) or some transversal carinae ( A. annae and A. martae ).

Redescription

Length. Female 3.16 mm.; male unknown.

Coloration. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black. Scape and pedicellum black, flagellomeres dark brown. Coxa and trocanter dark brown, remaining leg segments medium brown. Wing veins medium brown.

Head. Frons coriaceous, rugose on dorsal half. Lateral frontal carinae straight, divergent dorsally, sharp. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae without transverse carinae. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, coriaceous, with central longitudinal carina and short transverse carinae on each side. Vertex weakly incised, coriaceous rugose. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous with weak longitudinal carinae on dorsal 1/3, behind ocelli, few weak transverse carinae basally.

Antenna. Filiform. Antennal formula: 4.5(3): 2(2): 6(2): 5.5(2): 5.5(2): 5.5(2): 5(2): 5(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 4(2): 9(2).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin with few scattered setae. Scutum coriaceous, with some punctate sculpture between notauli and lateral line, very weakly rugose between median ridge and notauli. Lateral line complete, conspicuous. Antero-admedian lines sharp, prominent, reaching 1/3–1/2 scutum length, parallel; median ridge prominent. Notauli coriaceous with very small transversal carinae, smooth anteriorly. Median mesoscutal furrow very slightly carinate transversally. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, smooth posteriorly, coarsely coriaceous anteriorly. Mesopleuron coarsely coriaceous on anterior 1/3, with oblique carinae basally and smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 1.1 times scutum length. Scutellar foveae with weak longitudinal carinae posteriorly, slightly rugose anteriorly, deep and large, scutellar pits shallow weakly rugose. Interfoveal carina prominent and continuing along scutellar disc to middle of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc with strong and confluent longitudinal carinae, very slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.66 times length of scutellar disc, narrow, with fine longitudinal rugae, straight anteriorly and slightly directed downwards in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.0 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence long. R1 long. R2 straight. Rs+M absent.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Eastern Palaeartic: Russia, Eastern Siberia ( Kieffer, 1901).

Figures

FIGURE 21. Aspicera sibirica Kieffer: (a) head and mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.