Aspicera zuparcoi Ros-Farre & Pujade-Villar 2013, n. sp.

(Figs 35a & b)

Type material: (1♂). HOLOTYPE deposited in CAS, with the following labels: “E. Fallschurch, Va, june 28 ” (white label), “on flowers of Parsnip.” (white label), “ Aspicera sp. ” (white label), “Holotype ♂, Aspicera zuparcoi n. sp. Ros-Farré & Pujade-Villar 2005 det.” (red label), USA.

Diagnosis. Aspicera zuparcoi is similar to A. dianae and A. kiefferi having sharp median scutellar carina and thin scutellar spine, but A. zuparcoi has deeper scutellar foveae than A. kiefferi, and sculpture inside them is much stronger than in A. dianae.

Length. Male 2.85 mm.; female unknown.

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

Head. Frons coriaceous, rugose. Lateral frontal carinae slightly curved. Area between compound eye and lateral frontal carinae coriaceous. Gena in lateral view rounded, not expanded, shiny, weakly coriaceous, with sharp transverse carinae. Vertex slightly incised, rugose. Ocelli weakly prominent. Occiput coriaceous, with very thin longitudinal carinae dorsally.

Antenna. Filiform. F1 clearly excavated. Antennal formula: 7(6): 4(3): 11(5): 9.5(5): 9(4.5): 9(4.5): 9(4.5): 9(4.5): 8.5(4): 8(4): 8(4): 8(4): 7.5(4): 12(4).

Mesosoma. Lateral surface of pronotum sharply coriaceous. Subpronotal plate not projected, dorsal margin pubescent. Scutum coriaceous/granulate, with some short transverse carinae. Lateral line incomplete, very noticeable on ventral half. Antero-admedian lines short, reaching 1/3 scutum length, slightly parallel; median ridge sharp. Notauli wide on posterior half, with many fine transverse carinae, median mesoscutal furrow almost smooth, with some weak transverse carinae. Area between notauli slightly prominent in lateral view. Parascutal sulcus with scattered setae and clearly alutaceous on anterior 1/3. Mesopleuron with oblique carinae and coriaceous on anterior 1/3, smooth posteriorly. Scutellum 0.93 times scutum length, clearly emarginate posteriorly. Scutellar foveae sharply rugose and deep, scutellar pits absent. Interfoveal carina sharply prominent, noticeable in lateral view, continuing along scutellar disc to beginning of scutellar spine. Scutellar disc sharply coriaceous to granulate, rugose, with sinuous longitudinal carinae, slightly sloping towards basis of scutellar spine in lateral view. Scutellar spine 0.53 times length of scutellar disc, thin, with fine longitudinal carinae, straight in lateral view.

Wing. Wing membrane hyaline. Radial cell 2.48 times longer than wide. Wing pubescence reduced. Marginal pubescence absent. R1 long. R2 straight. Rs+M absent.

Derivatio nominis. Dedicated to Robert Zuparco, curator of the California Academy of Sciences.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic: USA (Virginia).