Sycophila (Tineomyza) naso Bouček, 1981

Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Delvare, Gérard, Cruaud, Astrid & Rasplus, Jean-Yves, 2024, Morphological phylogeny and revision of Sycophila and Ficomila (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) associated with Afrotropical fig trees (Moraceae, Ficus), Zootaxa 5401 (1), pp. 1-190 : 154-157

Sycophila (Tineomyza) naso Bouček, 1981

( Figs 110–111 )

Sycophila naso Bouček et al., 1981: 220–222 . Holotype ♀, BMNH, not examined, one ♀ paratype examined. Type data: Zimbabwe, Chishawasha nr. Harare (named Salisbury), v.1977, A. Watsham leg. ex F. burkei .

Sycophila naso ; Berg & Wiebes, 1992: 191.

Sycophila naso ; van Noort, 2004: 227.

Sycophila naso ; van Noort & van Harten, 2006: 453.

Sycophila naso ; van Noort & Rasplus , 2010: 331.

Type material examined. Paratype. ♀: Republic of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, Chishawasha nr. Salisbury, ex galls on F. burkei , v.1975, Watsham, A. Cameroon, Bafang, 5.136167° 10.293117°, 17.v.2007, Ficus thonningii, Kjellberg F. & Djeto-Lordon C. leg., 1♀ & 1♂. Congo, Brazzaville, xi.1989, Ficus bubu, David leg., 1♀ & 1♂. United Republic of Tanzania, USA River, -3.368691° 36.862022°, Ficus sycomorus subsp. sycomorus , 5.iv.1996, Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg., 5♀. Mazumbai, Ficus chirindensis , 16.iii.1996, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 2♀.

Diagnosis. In female all funiculars longer than broad, fu1 as long as pedicel ( Fig. 110B ). Mesoscutum coarsely, umbilicate punctures, punctuate anteriorly ( Fig. 111A ). Basal carina of propodeum as an inverted V, truncate mesally ( Fig. 111B ). Fore wing with costal cell bare, basal cell setose ( Fig. 111E ). Gaster smooth, Gt4 as long as Gt3 ( Fig. 111C ).

Description of paratype ♀ ( Figs 110–111 ). Length 1.85–2.20 mm. Body yellowish ( Fig. 110A ), except flagellum dorsally, ocellar margin, propodeum medially, petiole laterally, gaster dorsally dark; antenna mostly yellowish, dorsally dark; pronotum uniformly yellowish; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv, not reaching base of mv, lower margin of mv not obscured by dark brown spot ( Fig. 111E ); gaster bicoloured ( Fig. 111C ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark.

Head 1.16× as broad as high [HW 145 & HH 125] ( Fig. 110C ); in dorsal view stout, 1.55× as broad as long [HW 202 & HL 130] ( Fig. 110D ); malar space 0.61× length of eye, [ms 45 & EH 74]; face and dorsal part mostly coriaceous; malar sulcus distinct, straight ( Fig. 110E ); genal margin regularly curved, rounded; antennal toruli narrowly separated; interantennal space raised and seen in lateral view, not carinate laterally; scrobal depression smooth, reaching the median ocellus, not carinate on margin; POL 2.23× as long as OOL [POL 49 & OOL 22] ( Fig. 110D ); temple rounded, 0.45× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 38 & EL 84]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons.

Antenna. Scape not reaching median ocellus, 4.83× as long as broad [SL 87 & SW 18]; fu1 1.67× as long as broad, [fu1L 50 & fu1W 30], not longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with one row of mps and 2 whorls of adpressed setae; fu2–fu5 slightly longer than broad ( Fig. 110B ).

Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.7× as long as wide (165:95), with deep sculpture ( Fig. 111A ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesepisternum flattened, without any process or raised sculpture on epicnemium; mesoscutum 0.5× as long as wide (50:95), 0.65× longer than length of pronotal collar (50:75), densely umbilicate punctures; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, smooth medially; mesoscutellum with sparse umbilicate punctures laterally and coriaceous sculpture on mesoscutellar disc; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 111B ) with shallow median depression, without smooth median band, without any median carina; lateral rows of areolae absent; basal carina inverted V, truncate mesally, lateral branches of propodeal basal carina slightly convex; distance between lateral carinae less than 0.5× width of nucha.

Fore wing with long marginal fringe, apically subtruncate (pointed anteriorly); dark brown spot below mv; basal cell bare or nearly so, mv distinctly 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 bare; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent ( Fig. 111E–F ).

Legs. Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (30:10) and hind femora (30:10); hind tibia dorsally with 10 setae, setae shorter than basal tibial width.

Metasoma. Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent. Metasoma 1.9× as long as wide (170:90) ( Fig. 111C ), longer than mesosoma, slightly compressed laterally ( Fig. 111D ); 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, not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 with few setae dorsally, Gt6 sparsely setose ventrally; ovipositor upturned ( Fig. 111C ).

Male. See Bouček et al. (1981).

Variation. Length 1.85–3.50 mm. some specimens have also darker colouration on lower occiput, pronotal collar, on deeper parts inside wings, mesoscutum anteriorly and mesoscutellum posteriorly, in extreme cases the whole gaster and the underside of mesosoma are dark, also partly mid and hind legs; flagellum brownish; fore wing with dark elongate spot on marginal vein, with about half of macula (or more) below the vein ( Bouček et al., 1981).

Host plants. Ficus bubu , F. burkei , F. chirindensis , F. petersii ( Bouček et al. 1981) , F. sycomorus and F. thonningii .

Geographical distribution. Cameroon, Congo, Namibia ( Bouček et al. 1981), United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda ( Bouček et al. 1981) and Republic of Zimbabwe.

Figures

FIGURE 110. S. (Tineomyza) naso (♀). A, female in lateral view. B, antenna. C, head in frontal view. D, head in dorsal view. E, head in lateral view. F, mesosoma in lateral view.

FIGURE 111. S. (Tineomyza) naso (♀). A, mesosoma in dorsal view. B, propodeum. C, metasoma in lateral view. D, metasoma in dorsal view. E, fore wing. F, fore wing venation.