<strong> Revision of the genus <em> Aspicera </ em> Dahlbom, 1842 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae) </ strong>
Author
ROS-FARRÉ, P.
Author
PUJADE-VILLAR, J.
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-01-15
3606
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3606.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3606.1.1
1175-5326
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Neralsia nigricornis
Kirby, 1889
n. comb.
‘
species dubia
’
Aspicera nigricornis
Kirby, 1889: 142-143
Acording to the description, this species collected from
Brazil
does not belong to
Aspicerinae
because the metasoma is very strongly longitudinally striate (according to the original description), while in
Aspicerinae
it is always smooth. It belongs without doubts to
Neralsia
(Figitinae)
, and it is related to the
Neralsia
group with high interfoveal carina. Nevertheless, the diagnostic characters needed to differentiate this species from other species in this
Neralsia
group are not mentioned by
Kirby (1889)
. The
type
material is presumably lost because it has not been found in the British Museum (David Notton,
pers. com
.). Thus, we have to consider this species as “
species dubia
”.