Aspicera simulacrum Belizin, 1952

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 : 49-50

Aspicera simulacrum Belizin, 1952

( Figs 37a & b )

Aspicera simulacrum Belizin, 1952: 295-6

Type material: ( 1♂). HOLOTYPE male deposited in ZIN, with the following labels: “Holotipus, Aspicera simulacrum m ♂, V. Belezin det” (handwritten, red label), “the river Huang He, Ordos, Eastern China Przhevalsky, 1871” (in Russian, white label), “ Aspicera simulacrum Belizin, 1952 , det. P Ros-Farré 2004” (white label).

Diagnosis. Aspicera simulacrum belongs to the group of species with occiput and lateral margin of pronotum sharply carinate. A. simulacrum is similar to A. porif having long and slender scutellar spine, scutellum convex and wing with long and dense marginal pubescence, but in A. porif scutellar foveae are shallow and weakly sculptured, and scutellar disc is sharply convex, while in A. simulacrum scutellar foveae are deep and smooth, and scutellar disc is weakly convex.

Redescription

Length. Without the head, which is lost, specimen is 2.8 mm.

Coloration. Mesosoma dorsally black, laterally dark brown. Metasoma blackish brown. Leg medium to dark brown. Wing veins medium brown.

Head and Antenna lost.

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum coriaceous with dull transverse carinae. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin glabrous. Scutum coriaceous. Lateral line conspicuous, complete. Antero-admedian lines reaching 1/2 scutum length, parallel; median ridge rather weak. Notauli and median mesoscutal sulcus coriaceous. Area between notauli not prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus ending near anterior end of notauli, pubescent, slightly coriaceous anteriorly, smooth and glabrous on posterior half. Mesopleuron coriaceous, with oblique carinae on ventral area and anterior 1/3, smooth on dorsoposterior area. Scutellum 1.1 times scutum length, slightly emarginate. Scutellar foveae smooth, scutellar pits shallow. Interfoveal carina clearly impressed, continuing along scutellar disc until first 1/3 of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc with some small transverse carinae and two lateral carinae on each side, slightly swollen posterior to scutellar foveae, weakly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.6 times length of scutellar disc, sharply wide, with fine longitudinal rugae, slightly curved downwards in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.15 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence not reduced. Marginal pubescence present from R2 and dense. R1 long. R2 straight, slightly curved near dorsal margin. Rs+M absent.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Eastern Palaeartic: Eastern China.

Figures

FIGURE 37. Aspicera simulacrum Belizin: (a) mesosoma in lateral view, (b) mesosoma in dorsal view.