Sycophaga brevis

Liu, Yang, Li, Zi, Jia, Lingyi & Huang, Dawei, 2016, Description of two new species from China in a new species group of the fig wasp genus Sycophaga Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae: Sycophaginae), Zootaxa 4196 (4), pp. 569-578 : 570-571

Key to species of Sycophaga brevis species-group

1 Female.............................................................................................. 2

- Male................................................................................................ 3

2 Pronotum about 2× as wide as long medially, and longer than 2/3 length of mesoscutum medially ( Fig. 4); ovipositor about 1.25× as long as body ( Fig. 1); propodeum micropunctate-reticulate except for two symmetrical smooth and shiny oval areas ( Figs 1, 4)................................................................................ S. brevis n. sp.

- Pronotum almost 3× as wide as long medially, and longer than 1/2 length of mesoscutum medially ( Fig. 16); ovipositor about 2.4× as long as body ( Fig. 13); propodeum smooth and shiny within anterior half and posterior half alutaceous ( Figs 13, 16).......................................................................................... S. diutius n. sp.

3 Spiracular process about 5.6× as long as basal width ( Fig. 12); pronotum longitudinally striate-strigose ( Fig. 10).................................................................................................... S. brevis n. sp.

- Spiracular process about 4× as long as basal width ( Fig. 24); pronotum inconspicuously striate-strigose ( Fig. 22)................................................................................................... S. diutius n. sp.