Aganaspis nordlanderi Wharton 1998
Creators: name: Guimarães, Jorge A.
name: Gallardo, Fabiana E.
name: Diaz, Norma Beatriz
name: Zucchi, Roberto A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Figitidae
Aganaspis
Aganaspis nordlanderi

description: Aganaspis nordlanderi Wharton, 1998
(Figs. 48–55)
Aganaspis nordlanderi Wharton, 1998: 106
Diagnosis. Body stout. Head (Fig. 48) with lateral margin of occiput not well defined. Eyes without pubescence. Antennae of female (Fig. 49) pilose, cilindrical, widened towards apex, club 10­segmented, inconspicuous. Antennae of male (Fig. 50) with the first flagellomere slightly curved, distally swollen; articles first and second subequal in length. Dorsal margin of pronotal plate (Fig. 51) concave; sides of pronotum smooth. Mesoscutum (Figs. 52 and 53) slightly convex in profile, smooth. Dorsal part of scutellum (Fig. 53) areolate­rugose, dorsoposterior part in dorsal view emarginate. Scutellar plate (Figs. 52 and 53) large, elevated, with an elliptical pit close to the posterior margin of the plate. Mesopleuron (Fig. 52) with subalar pit. Metapleuron (Fig. 52) smooth. Forewings (Fig. 54) dusky at base, pubescent, apical margin with hair fringe; marginal cell anteriorly open; veins darkened. Metacoxa (Fig. 55) with a band of hairs along the posterior margin. Third abdominal tergum of metasoma (Fig. 52) with a dense hairy ring at base; metasoma distally smooth.
Geographical distribution. Neotropical Region: Costa Rica and Brazil (Diaz & Gallardo 2001). In Brazil it is distributed throughout the States of Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo (Guimarães et al. 2000a; Diaz & Gallardo 2001).
Hosts. Tephritidae: Ceratitis capitata; Anastrepha striata; A. bahiensis. Lonchaeidae: Neosilba spp. (in Diaz & Gallardo 2001).
Remarks. Aganaspis nordlanderi was described by Wharton (in Wharton et al. 1998) who remarked that this species shares several features with A. pelleranoi, suggesting that they are more closely related to each other than oriental species of Aganaspis Lin, 1987. Diaz & Gallardo (2001) arrive to the same conclusion and suggested that the two species belong to a single group diferent from those from the Old World.
Type material. COSTA RICA. Cartago: Holotype, Turrialba, Catie, 10.VII.1980, ex: goiaba, coll. R. Chaves, (1 female). (USNM).
Material collected. BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus, 27.XII.1991, (8 males, 1 female); 20.II.1992, (6 males, 2 females); 16.I.1996, (2 males, 7 females); 30.I.1992, (1 male); Iranduba, 27.II.1992, (2 males), coll. N.M. Silva. (ESALQ). Mato Grosso do Sul: Anastácio, Sítio Carandazal, 30.III.1993, (1 male, 1 female); 18.X.1993, (1 male); 28.V.1995, (2 females); Terenos, 22.III.1994, (1 female), coll. M.A. Uchôa F. (ESALQ). São Paulo: Luiz Antônio, 19.XII.1992, (3 males), coll. N.W. Perioto; Pindorama, 9.V.1994, (1 male), coll. M.F. Souza Filho (ESALQ and MLP).
description: Published as part of Guimarães, Jorge A., Gallardo, Fabiana E., Diaz, Norma Beatriz & Zucchi, Roberto A., 2003, Eucoilinae species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruit­infesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 278 on pages 15-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156603