Sycophila (Tineomyza) wiebesi 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.10524509 |
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Sycophila (Tineomyza) wiebesi Lotfalizadeh |
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Sycophila (Tineomyza) wiebesi Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n.
( Figs 121–123 View FIGURE 121 View FIGURE 122 View FIGURE 123 )
Type material examined. Holotype ♀: Guinea, Monts Nimba, Mifergui, ex syconia of Ficus artocarpoides , 1.iv.1993, Rasplus J.-Y. leg. Deposited in CBGP. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 11♀. Monts Nimba, Mifergui, ex syconia of Ficus laurifolia , 19.iv.1993, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 2♀ & 1♂. Gabon, Makokou, ex syconia of F. artocarpoides , 2.ix.1988, Maldès J.M. leg., 1♀.
Etymology. This species is named after J.T. Wiebes for his great contribution to our knowledge of fig wasps.
Diagnosis. Female body mainly dark ( Fig. 121A View FIGURE 121 ). POL less than 2× OOL ( Fig. 121D View FIGURE 121 ). All funiculars distinctly longer than wide, fu1 much longer than pedicel, clava short (less than 2× as long as wide) ( Fig. 121B View FIGURE 121 ). Petiole long (longer than wide), without ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 ( Fig. 122B View FIGURE 122 ). Basal carina of propodeum inverted V-shaped, medially surrounded by a large areola ( Fig. 122D View FIGURE 122 ). Fore wing with a large dark brown spot, basal cell setose, costal cell densely setose ventrally and a row of setae dorsally ( Fig. 122C View FIGURE 122 ).
Male body mostly dark or dark brown ( Fig. 123A View FIGURE 123 ). Fu1 longer than wide, fu2–fu4 at most as long as wide ( Fig. 123B View FIGURE 123 ). Fore wing entirely setose, without speculum, basal cell setose ( Fig. 123D View FIGURE 123 ).
Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 121–122 View FIGURE 121 View FIGURE 122 ). Length 4.03 mm. Body generally dark or dark brown ( Fig. 121A View FIGURE 121 ), except the following parts, all yellowish-brown: entire orbital margin, torular margin, dorsal margin of dorsal ocelli, antenna, pronotum dorsolaterally and posteriorly, tegula, mesopleuron, legs (except fore coxae and femur, mid coxae, hind femur and tibia), gaster ventrally, Gt4 anterolaterally; antenna dark–brown; pronotum anterolaterally testaceous; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv, reaching base of mv, lower margin of mv not obscured by dark brown spot ( Fig. 122C View FIGURE 122 ); gaster not uniformly coloured ( Fig. 122B View FIGURE 122 ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark.
Head 1.32× as broad as high [HW 188 & HH 142] ( Fig. 121C View FIGURE 121 ); in dorsal view transverse, 1.85× as broad as long [HW 240 & HL 130]; face and vertex coriaceous with sparse punctures; malar space 0.53× length of eye [ms 45 & EH 85] ( Fig. 121D View FIGURE 121 ); malar sulcus distinct, sinuous ( Fig. 121D View FIGURE 121 ); genal margin regularly curved, edged but not carinate; antennal toruli widely separated; interantennal space not raised, not carinate laterally; scrobal depression smooth, reaching the median ocellus, not carinate on margin; POL 1.86× as long as OOL [POL 41 & OOL 22] ( Fig. 121D View FIGURE 121 ); temple rounded, 0.27× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 28 & EL 105]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons.
Antenna. Scape reaching lower margin of median ocellus, 3.91× as long as broad [SL 90 & SW 23]; fu1 2.25× as long as broad [fu1L 45 & fu1W 20], distinctly longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with three rows of mps and 2–3 whorls of adpressed short setae; fu2–fu5 distinctly longer than broad ( Fig. 121B View FIGURE 121 ).
Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.55× as long as wide (170:110), with deep sculpture ( Fig. 122A View FIGURE 122 ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesepisternum flattened, without any process or raised sculpture on epicnemium; mesoscutum 0.6× as long as wide (65:110), 0.75× longer than length of pronotal collar (65:85), with dense umbilicate punctures, transversely strigose anteriorly; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, with raised sculpture; mesoscutellum umbilicate laterally and on mesoscutellar disc; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 122B View FIGURE 122 ) with deep median depression, with a smooth median band, without any median carina; lateral rows of areolae absent; basal carina inverted V, truncate mesally; lateral branches of basal carina slightly convex; distance between lateral 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 more setose; mv slightly enlarged, normally broadened, in lower margin straight, longer than pmv; stv not curved; pmv distinct, longer than stv; ventral side of costal cell densely setose, dorsally with row of setae; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent ( Fig. 122C View FIGURE 122 ).
Legs. Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (38:12) and hind femora (40:15); hind tibia dorsally with more than 10 setae, setae shorter than basal tibial width.
Metasoma. Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent. Metasoma 1.6× as long as wide (170:105) ( Fig. 122B View FIGURE 122 ), longer than mesosoma, strongly compressed laterally and dorsally angulate ( Fig. 122E View FIGURE 122 ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent; petiole in dorsal view longer than wide, shorter than half-length of hind coxa; tergites finely sculptured; Gt4 (in lateral view) slightly as long as Gt3, not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 partly covering Gt6, not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 with few setae dorsally, Gt6 sparsely setose ventrally; ovipositor upturned ( Fig. 122B View FIGURE 122 ).
Male ( Fig. 123 View FIGURE 123 ). Length 2.74–6.22 mm. Similar to female including the colouration with longer petiole ( Fig. 123A View FIGURE 123 ); antennal formula 11143, with much shorter segments, at most as long as broad; each funicular with one row of mps and several whorls of short erected setae ( Fig. 123B View FIGURE 123 ); fore wing more setose than in female, without speculum ( Fig. 123D View FIGURE 123 ).
Variation. Length 3.33–5.15 mm. In pale specimens, tergites with a yellowish band anteriorly, legs partly yellowish, mesopleuron yellowish-brown.
Host plants. Ficus artocarpoides and F. laurifolia .
Geographical distribution. Gabon and Guinea.
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