Morphological phylogeny and revision of Sycophila and Ficomila (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) associated with Afrotropical fig trees (Moraceae, Ficus) Author Lotfalizadeh, Hossein Author Delvare, Gérard 0000-0002-6854-2813 CIRAD, UMR 1062 CBGP, Montferrier-sur-Lez, FRANCE https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6854 - 2813 Author Cruaud, Astrid 0000-0002-7927-819X Insects Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), AREEO, Tehran, IRAN hlotfalizadeh @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7927 - 819 X & Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP), INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, FRANCE https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8932 - 4199 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8614 - 6665 * Corresponding author hlotfalizadeh@gmail.com Author Rasplus, Jean-Yves 0000-0002-7927-819X Insects Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), AREEO, Tehran, IRAN hlotfalizadeh @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7927 - 819 X & Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP), INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, FRANCE https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8932 - 4199 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8614 - 6665 * Corresponding author & Insects Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), AREEO, Tehran, IRAN hlotfalizadeh @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7927 - 819 X hlotfalizadeh@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-01-17 5401 1 1 190 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5401.1.1 1175-5334 10524258 376CAB04-43BE-4C9A-950B-80DBD676CFB0 Sycophila ( Sycophila ) bidentata Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n. ( Figs 56–57 ) Type material examined. Holotype ♀ : Cameroon , Route Bafang-Baha , 4.946767° 10.740467°, 17.v.2007 , ex syconia of Ficus thonningii , Kjellberg F. & Djeto-Lordon C. Deposited in CBGP . Paratypes : same data as holotype , 2♀ . Republic of South Africa , Pretoria , Wonderboom Rese , ex syconia of Ficus abutilifolia , 18.iv.1995 , Gibernau M. leg. , 1♀ . Guinea , Lola , F. thonningii , 2.v.1993 , Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 1♀ . Republic of Côte d’Ivoire , Lamto , 6.222197° & -5.024070°, ex syconia of Ficus lutea , 26.vi.1989 , Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 1♀ . Kenya , Kakamega Forest , Kisere , ex syconia of Ficus thonningii , 3.ii.2006 , Hiller Y. leg. , 1♀ . Etymology. The specific name refers to the presence of two dentiform processes on pronotum. Diagnosis. Funiculars distinctly elongate, 1.5× as long as wide ( Fig. 56A ). Pronotum carinate anteriorly and laterally, with two with two slight teeth on shoulders ( Figs 56E, 56G , 57A ). Propodeum with a sinuous, wedge-like basal carina and a median longitudinal one ( Fig. 57B ). Petiole longer than broad dorsally, without ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1. Gt4 much as long as Gt3 ( Fig. 57C ). Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 56–57 ). Length 2.22 mm . Body mostly brown ( Fig. 56A ), except head in frontal view, orbital margin, scape, pronotum anterolaterally, tegula, legs, Gt5–Gt6 yellowish-brown; pronotum anterolaterally testaceous; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv, reaching base of mv; lower margin of mv not obscured that spot ( Fig. 57D ); gaster brownish, dorsal edge darker ( Fig. 57C ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark. Head 1.23× as broad as high [HW 175 & HH 142] ( Fig. 56B ); in dorsal view stout, 1.89× as broad as long [HW 175 & HL 93] ( Fig. 56C ); face and vertex coriaceous with sparse punctures; malar space 0.54× length of eye [ms 44 & EH 82]; malar sulcus clearly visible, straight ( Fig. 56D ); 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 1.89× as long as OOL [POL 53 & OOL 28] ( Fig. 56C ); temple rounded, 0.2× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 18 & EL 88]; setation of lower face oriented downwards, outwards on the punctuate frons. Antenna . Scape reaching lower margin of median ocellus, 3.67× as long as broad [SL 55 & SW 15]; fu1 2× as long as broad [fu1L 40 & fu1W 20], distinctly longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with one row of mps and 2–3 whorls of adpressed long setae; fu2–fu5 slightly longer than broad ( Fig. 56F ). Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.7× as long as wide (170:110), with deep sculpture ( Fig. 57A ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures, carinate on anterior margin with two submedian teeth; mesepisternum with a raised sculpture on epicnemium, being closer to anteroventral margin of mesepisternum than to mesocoxa; mesoscutum 0.5× as long as wide (60:105), 0.75× longer than length of pronotal collar (60:80), transversely strigose anteriorly, otherwise densely umbilicate punctured; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, smooth medially; mesoscutellum and axillae with dense umbilicate punctures; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 57B ) with deep median depression, without smooth median band, and distinct median carina; lateral rows of areolae short (extending at most to half-length of propodeum); basal carina sinuous, not angulate medially, with lateral branches relatively straight; width of basal carina about 0.5× width of nucha. FIGURE 56. S. ( Sycophila ) bidentata sp. n. (♀). A , female in lateral view. B , head in frontal view. C , head in dorsal view. D , head in lateral view. E , mesosoma in lateral view. F , antenna. G. pronotum with two dorsal teeth. FIGURE 57. S. ( Sycophila ) bidentata sp. n. (♀). A , mesosoma in dorsal view. B , propodeum. C , metasoma in lateral view. D , fore wing. Fore wing with long marginal fringe, rounded apically; dark brown spot only behind mv; basal cell bare or nearly so; mv distinctly enlarged, rounded, lower margin convex, 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. 57D ). Legs . Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (45:12) and hind femora (50:20); hind tibia dorsally with more than 5 setae, setae as long as hind tibia width. Metasoma. Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present. Metasoma 1.4× as long as wide (155:110) ( Fig. 57C ), shorter than mesosoma, strongly compressed laterally and dorsally angulate; 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; ovipositor oriented dorsad but not distinctly upturned ( Fig. 57C ). Male . Unknown. Variation. Length 1.9–2.22 mm . In some specimens, body yellowish-brown. Host plants. Ficus thonningi and F. lutea . Geographical distribution. Cameroon , Guinea , Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya .