Ficomila comptoni Lotfalizadeh, 2024
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10524412 |
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Ficomila comptoni Lotfalizadeh |
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Ficomila comptoni Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n.
( Figs 24–26 View FIGURE 24 View FIGURE 25 View FIGURE 26 )
Type material examined. Holotype ♀: Cameroon, Nkolbisson, ex syconia of Ficus sansibarica ssp. macrosperma , 5.viii.1993, Gibernau M. leg. Deposited in CBGP. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 2♀ & 3♂. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto, 6.222197° -5.024070°, ex syconia of Ficus thonningii , 30.vi.1989, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 2♀ & 1♂. Guinea, Bakoré, ex syconia of Ficus glumosa , 2.v.1993, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 20♀. Monts Nimba, Mifergui, ex syconia of Ficus elasticoides , 24.iv.1993, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 3♂.
Etymology. This species is named in honor of our colleague and friend Stephen G. Compton for his outstanding contribution to our knowledge of biology and ecology of fig wasps.
Diagnosis. Female body yellowish, mesosoma dorsally almost brown or dark brown and sometimes yellowish ( Fig. 24A View FIGURE 24 ). All funiculars longer than broad ( Fig. 24B View FIGURE 24 ). Mesosoma distinctly and conspicuously arched ( Figs 24A View FIGURE 24 , 25C View FIGURE 25 ). Head partly visible in dorsal view. Mesoscutum densely coriaceous with sparse umbilicate punctures ( Fig. 25A View FIGURE 25 ). Gaster of female compressed laterally, dorsally angulate ( Fig. 25D View FIGURE 25 ).
Male body mostly yellowish, partly dark, robust, femora enlarged ( Fig. 26A View FIGURE 26 ). Antenna uniformly coloured, fu2–4 long, longer than wide, clava not darkened ( Fig. 26B View FIGURE 26 ). Fore wing and mv extremely setose ( Fig. 26D View FIGURE 26 ).
Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 24–25 View FIGURE 24 View FIGURE 25 ). Length 4.00 mm. Body yellowish ( Fig. 24A View FIGURE 24 ), except gaster dark brown dorsally; antenna yellowish or yellowish-brown; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv, lower margin of mv not obscured by dark brown spot, dark brown spot reaching base of mv ( Fig. 25F View FIGURE 25 ); gaster uniformly coloured ( Fig. 25C View FIGURE 25 ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark.
Head 1.33× as broad as high [HW 192 & HL 144] ( Fig. 24C View FIGURE 24 ); in dorsal view stout, 1.79× as broad as long [HW 192 & HL 107] ( Fig. 24D View FIGURE 24 ); face and vertex coriaceous with sparse punctures; malar space 0.57× length of eye [ms 40 & EH 70]; malar sulcus distinct, straight ( Fig. 24E View FIGURE 24 ); genal margin regularly curved, edged but not carinate; antennal toruli narrowly separated, interantennal space not raised, carinate laterally; scrobal depression smooth, reaching the median ocellus, not carinate on margin; POL 1.84× as long as OOL [POL 46 & OOL 25] ( Fig. 24D View FIGURE 24 ); temple rounded, 0.35× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 30 & EL 85]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons.
Antenna. Scape not reaching median ocellus, 3.33× as long as broad [SL 110 & SW 33]; fu1 2.17× as long as broad [fu1L 65 & fu1W 30], distinctly longer than pedicel, bulging dorsally; funicular (fu2–fu4) with two rows of mps and several whorls of adpressed setae; fu2–fu5 slightly longer than broad ( Fig. 24B View FIGURE 24 ).
Mesosoma distinctly and strongly arched dorsally, 1.55× as long as wide (170:110), with obliterate punctures ( Fig. 25A View FIGURE 25 ); pronotum with sparse umbilicate punctures; mesodiscrimen with a ring-like process, adjacent to mesocoxa; mesoscutum 0.6× as long as wide (70:110), 0.7× longer than length of pronotal collar (70:95), sparsely umbilicate, finely coriaceous anteriorly; notauli impressed; prepectus bare, slightly sculptured; mesoscutellum sparsely umbilicate laterally and coriaceous medially; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 25B View FIGURE 25 ) with shallow median depression and a smooth median band, with two short submedian carinae; lateral rows of areolae long and extending at least over posterior half of propodeum, inverted U-shaped basal carina; lateral branches of basal carina relatively straight, width of basal carinae less than 0.5× width of nucha.
Fore wing with short marginal fringe, apically subtruncate ( Fig. 25E View FIGURE 25 ); dark brown spot below mv; basal cell bare or nearly so; mv slightly enlarged, normally broadened, in lower margin concave; stv curved up; pmv not distinct ( Fig. 25F View FIGURE 25 ); ventral side of costal cell bare, dorsally bare; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent.
Legs. Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (40:17) and hind femora (47:18); hind tibia dorsally with less than 10 setae, setae as long as hind tibia width basally.
Metasoma. Petiole shorter than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present. Metasoma 1.5× as long as wide (165:110) ( Fig. 25C View FIGURE 25 ), longer than mesosoma, slightly compressed laterally ( Fig. 25D View FIGURE 25 ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present; petiole in dorsal view not longer than wide, shorter than half length of hind coxa; tergites smooth; Gt4 (in lateral view) slightly as long as Gt3, sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 partly covering Gt6, sinuous posteriorly; Gt6 with few setae ventrally; ovipositor oriented dorsad but not distinctly upturned ( Fig. 25C View FIGURE 25 ).
Male ( Fig. 26 View FIGURE 26 ). Length 1.77 mm. Similar to female ( Fig. 26A View FIGURE 26 ), except the following characters: Antennal formula 11143, each funicular with 1–2 rows of mps and several whorls of adpressed setae ( Fig. 26B View FIGURE 26 ). Petiole longer-than hind coxa ( Fig. 26A View FIGURE 26 ). Fore wing strongly hairy in basal part, unlike in female, mv moderately to very strongly thickened, marginal fringe much longer ( Fig. 26D View FIGURE 26 ).
Variation. Length 2.25–4.00 mm. body entirely dark or dark brown. Pronotum laterally yellowish.
Host plants. Ficus elasticoides , F. glumosa , F. sansibarica subsp. macrosperma and F. thonningii .
Geographical distribution. Cameroon, Guinea and Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.
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