Sycophila (Sycophila) chirindensis Lotfalizadeh, 2024
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5401.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10524449 |
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Sycophila (Sycophila) chirindensis Lotfalizadeh |
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Sycophila (Sycophila) chirindensis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n.
( Figs 58–60 View FIGURE 58 View FIGURE 59 View FIGURE 60 )
Type material examined. Holotype ♀: United Republic of Tanzania, Mazumbai, ex syconia of Ficus chirindensis , 16.iii.1996, Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg. Deposited in CBGP. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 2♀ & 1♂. United Republic of Tanzania, Syanya Juu (near to Moshi), ex syconia of Ficus glumosa , 31.iii.1996, Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg., 2♀. Mgwashi, -4.767051° 38.487671°, ex syconia of Ficus thonningii , 20.iii.1996, Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg., 3♀. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto, 6.222197° -5.024070°, ex syconia of Ficus trichopoda , 15.iv.1995, Kerdelhué C. leg., 5♀. Same data, ex syconia of Ficus saussureana , 22.vi.1989, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 1♀. Kenya, Kakamega Forest, Kisere, 3.ii.2006, ex syconia of Ficus thonningii, Hiller Y. leg., 2♀.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the host species.
Diagnosis. Female head, mesosoma and gaster with a distinct dark band dorsally ( Fig. 58A View FIGURE 58 ). Funiculars distinctly long, longer than wide ( Fig. 58B View FIGURE 58 ). Propodeum with median carina ( Fig. 59B View FIGURE 59 ). Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent; Gt4 longer than Gt5 dorsally ( Figs 59D, E View FIGURE 59 ).
Body of male mostly dark, but partly yellowish ( Fig. 60A View FIGURE 60 ). Flagellum with fu1–fu4 longer than wide, clava very long, longer than funiculars together ( Fig. 60C View FIGURE 60 ). Fore wing entirely setose, speculum narrow ( Fig. 60B View FIGURE 60 ).
Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 58–59 View FIGURE 58 View FIGURE 59 ). Length 3.20 mm. Body yellowish ( Fig. 58A View FIGURE 58 ), except ocellar region, mandibular teeth, mesosoma dorsomedially, propodeum basally, gaster dorsally and ovipositor distally dark and antennal scrobe dark brown; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv, reaching base of mv, lower margin of mv not obscured by dark brown spot ( Fig. 58A View FIGURE 58 ); gaster bicoloured with dorsal edge dark brown ( Fig. 59D View FIGURE 59 ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark.
Head 1.5× as broad as high [HW 195 & HH 130] ( Fig. 58C View FIGURE 58 ); in dorsal view stout, 1.88× as broad as long [HW 195 & HL 104] ( Fig. 58D View FIGURE 58 ); face and vertex coriaceous with sparse punctures; malar space 0.48× length of eye [ms 50 & EH 104]; malar sulcus distinct, straight ( Fig. 58E View FIGURE 58 ); genal margin regularly curved, edged but not carinate; antennal toruli narrowly separated, interantennal space not raised, not carinate laterally; scrobal depression smooth, reaching the median ocellus, not carinate on margin; POL 1.67× as long as OOL [POL 30 & OOL 18]; temple rounded, 0.37× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 22 & EL 60] ( Fig. 58D View FIGURE 58 ); setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons.
Antenna. Scape not reaching median ocellus, 4.38× as long as broad [SL 70 & SW 16]; fu1 1.77× as long as broad [fu1L 53 & fu1W 30], distinctly longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with two rows of mps and 2–3 whorls of adpressed setae; fu2–fu5 slightly longer than broad ( Fig. 58B View FIGURE 58 ).
Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.5× as long as wide (160:105), with obliterate punctures ( Fig.59A View FIGURE 59 );pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesepisternum raised medially, with piliferous sculpture on epicnemium, being closer to anteroventral margin of mesepisternum than to mesocoxa; mesoscutum 0.5× as long as wide (55:105), 0.7× longer than length of pronotal collar (55:80), mainly with dense umbilicate punctures, transversely strigose anteriorly; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, smooth medially; mesoscutum sparsely umbilicate, coriaceous laterally and densely coriaceous on mesoscutellar disc; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 59B View FIGURE 59 ) with deep median depression, without smooth median band, and with a distinct median carina, lateral rows of areolae short (extending at most to half-length of propodeum); basal carina inverted V, truncate mesally, lateral branches step like; width of basal carinae less than 0.5× width of nucha.
Fore wing with short marginal fringe, apically subtruncate (pointed anteriorly); dark brown spot below mv; basal cell bare or nearly so; mv distinctly enlarged, rounded, lower margin convex, not longer than pmv; stv not curved; pmv distinct, longer than stv; ventral side of costal cell sparsely setose, dorsally bare; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent ( Fig. 59F View FIGURE 59 ).
Legs. Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (30:10) and hind femora (30:10); hind tibia dorsally with 12 setae, setae shorter than hind tibia width.
Metasoma. Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present. Metasoma 1.4× as long as wide (165:115) ( Fig. 59D View FIGURE 59 ),with gaster longer than mesosoma, strongly compressed laterally and dorsally angulate ( Fig. 59E View FIGURE 59 ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent; petiole in dorsal view longer than wide, shorter than half length of hind coxa; tergites smooth,Gt4 (in lateral view) much as long as Gt3 (at least 1.5× longer), not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 partly covering Gt6, sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 with few setae dorsally, Gt6 entirely but sparsely setose, with long setae; ovipositor oriented dorsad but not distinctly upturned ( Fig. 59D View FIGURE 59 ).
Male ( Fig. 60 View FIGURE 60 ). Length 2.25 mm. Similar to female with longer petiole ( Fig. 60A View FIGURE 60 ); exhibiting entirely different colouration, body dark except pronotum anterolaterally, fore and mid legs, hind legs partly yellowish; clava very long, longer than fu1–fu4 together, each funicular with 2 rows of mps and 2–3 whorls setae ( Fig. 60C View FIGURE 60 ). Fore wing entirely setose, with a relatively narrow speculum ( Fig. 60B View FIGURE 60 ).
Variation. Length 1.76–3.20 mm. Dark band of mesosoma varies from a wide dark brown band to slightly brownish band.
Host plants. Ficus chirindensis , F. glumosa , F. natalensis , F. sycomorus , F. saussureana , F. thonningii and F. trichopoda .
Geographical distribution. Kenya, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and United Republic of Tanzania.
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