Ficomila tanzanica Lotfalizadeh, 2024

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 : 65-68

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scientific name	Ficomila tanzanica Lotfalizadeh
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Ficomila tanzanica Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n.

( Figs 41–43 View FIGURE 41 View FIGURE 42 View FIGURE 43 )

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, 8♀. Extralimital sampling: Saudi Arabia, Jebel Ibrahim, Ficus ingens , 17.iii.1993, Lachaise leg., 2♀ & 20♂.

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality in the United Republic of Tanzania.

Diagnosis. Female body yellowish ( Fig. 41A View FIGURE 41 ). POL long, more than 2× as long as OOL ( Fig. 41D View FIGURE 41 ). Flagellum with fu2–fu4 as long as broad, fu5 broader than long, fu1–fu4 with one row of sensilla ( Fig. 41B View FIGURE 41 ). Mesoscutum densely coriaceous and sparsely umbilicate, propodeum rugose medially ( Fig. 42A View FIGURE 42 ). Gaster of female compressed laterally, dorsally angulate ( Fig. 42D View FIGURE 42 ).

Male with body yellowish, partly dark brown, robust with enlarged femora ( Fig. 43A View FIGURE 43 ). Flagellum with fu2–fu4 long, longer than wide; clava dark or dark brown ( Fig. 43B View FIGURE 43 ). Propodeum with long median carina, exceeding half propodeum length ( Fig. 43C View FIGURE 43 ). Fore wing and mv extremely setose, setae blackish ( Fig. 43D View FIGURE 43 ).

Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 41–42 View FIGURE 41 View FIGURE 42 ). Length 3.36 mm. Body yellowish ( Fig. 41A View FIGURE 41 ), except ocellar area dark and antennal flagellum, mesosoma dorsomedially dark brown, pronotum yellowish and black dorsomedially; 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. 42E View FIGURE 42 ); gaster uniformly coloured ( Fig. 42C View FIGURE 42 ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark.

Head 1.39× as broad as high [HW 170 & HH 122] ( Fig. 41C View FIGURE 41 ); in dorsal view stout, 1.74× as broad as long [HW 170 & HL 98] ( Fig. 41D View FIGURE 41 ); face and vertex coriaceous with sparse punctures; malar space 0.62× length of eye [ms 40 & EH 65]; malar sulcus distinct, straight ( Fig. 41E View FIGURE 41 ); 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 2.5× as long as OOL [POL 55 & OOL 22] ( Fig. 41D View FIGURE 41 ); temple rounded, 0.42× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 32 & EL 77]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons.

Antenna. Scape not reaching median ocellus, 4.06× as long as broad, [SL 130 & SW 32]; fu1 1.81× as long as broad, [fu1L 67 & fu1W 37], distinctly longer than pedicel, bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with one row of mps and 2 whorls of adpressed setae; fu2–fu5 as long as broad ( Fig. 40B View FIGURE 40 ).

Mesosoma not distinctly arched, 1.7× as long as wide (170:100), with obliterate punctures ( Fig. 42A View FIGURE 42 ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesodiscrimen with a ring-like process, adjacent to mesocoxa; mesoscutum 0.55× as long as wide (55:100), 0.6× longer than length of pronotal collar (55:90), with dense umbilicate punctures, transversely strigose anteriorly; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, smooth medially; mesoscutellum laterally with sparse and shallow umbilicate punctures and coriaceous sculpture on mesoscutellar disc; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 42B View FIGURE 42 ) with shallow median depression, without smooth median band, without any median carina; lateral rows of areolae absent; inverted U-shaped basal carina, lateral branches relatively straight, width of basal carinae about 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 concave; stv curved up; pmv not distinct; ventral side of costal cell sparsely setose, dorsally bare; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent ( Figs 42E, F View FIGURE 42 ).

Legs. Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (30:10) and hind femora (30:12); hind tibia dorsally with 10 setae, setae shorter than 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. 42C View FIGURE 42 ), shorter than mesosoma, slightly compressed laterally ( Fig. 42D View FIGURE 42 ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present; petiole in dorsal view not 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 mostly covering Gt6, not sinuous posteriorly; Gt6 sparsely setose ventrally; ovipositor upturned ( Fig. 42C View FIGURE 42 ).

Male ( Fig. 43 View FIGURE 43 ). Length 1.02–2.75 mm. Similar to female with longer petiole ( Fig. 43A View FIGURE 43 ); exhibiting same colouration, clava and fu4 dark brown; antennal formula 11143, fu2–fu4 longer than broad; each funicular with 2 rows of mps and 2 whorls of adpressed setae ( Fig. 43B View FIGURE 43 ); Propodeum with long median carina, exceeding half propodeum length ( Fig. 43C View FIGURE 43 ); fore wing more setose than in female, without speculum, mv much wider than female, costal cell densely setose dorsally, basal cell slightly darkened distally ( Fig. 43D View FIGURE 43 ).

Variation. Length 2.20–2.60 mm. Sometimes body generally brown.

Host plants. Ficus ingens and F. chirindensis .

Geographical distribution. United Republic of Tanzania and Saudi Arabia.