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 ) lasallei Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n. ( Figs 69–70 ) Type material examined. Holotype ♀ : Guinea , Bakoré, ex syconia of Ficus glumosa , 2.v.1993 , Rasplus J.-Y. leg. Deposited in CBGP . Paratypes : same data as holotype , 8♀ . United Republic of Tanzania , Mialo, ex syconia of F. thonningii , 19.iii.1996 , Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg., 1♀ . Etymology. The species is dedicated to our late friend Dr. John LaSalle for his impressive contribution to the knowledge of Eulophidae and Tanaostigmatidae . Diagnosis . Female of this species is closely related to S. kestraneura but can be separated by the following characters: funiculars short, at most as long as wide; fu5 quadrate, as long as wide ( Fig. 69B ); petiole longer than broad dorsally ( Figs 70C, D ). Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 69–70 ). Length 2.50 mm . Body yellowish ( Fig. 69A ); except ocellar area, propodeum slightly basally, petiole and gaster dorsally dark; antenna mostly yellowish and slightly dark-yellowish dorsally; 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. 70F ); gaster bicoloured with dorsal edge dark brown ( Fig. 70C ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark. Head 1.3× as broad as high [HW 170 & HH 125] ( Fig. 69C ); in dorsal view stout, 1.77× as broad as long [HW 230 & HL 130] ( Fig. 69D ); face and vertex coriaceous with sparse punctures; malar space 0.55× length of eye [ms 46 & EH 84]; malar sulcus distinct, straight ( Fig. 69E ); 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 2.5× as long as OOL [POL 60 & OOL 24]; temple rounded; 0.34× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 32 & EL 95] ( Fig. 69D ); setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons. Antenna . Scape not reaching median ocellus, 4.18× as long as broad [SL 115 & SW 28]; fu1 1.5× as long as broad [fu1L 45 & fu1W 30]; distinctly longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with one row of mps and 2–3 whorls of adpressed long setae; fu2–fu4 slightly longer than broad; fu5 as long as broad ( Fig. 69B ). Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.5× as long as wide (165:110), with deep sculpture( Fig. 70A ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesepisternum raised medially, with piliferous sculpture on epicnemium, being closer to anteroventral margin of mesepisternum than to mesocoxa; mesoscutum 0.5× as long as wide (55:110), 0.6 × longer than length of pronotal collar (55:85), densely umbilicate punctures; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, slightly sculptured; mesoscutellum with dense umbilicate punctures laterally and coriaceous sculpture on mesoscutellar disc; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 70B ) with deep median depression, a smooth median band and a distinct median carina; lateral rows of areolae short (extending at most to half-length of propodeum); basal carina inverted V, truncate mesally, lateral branches relatively straight, distance between lateral carinae about 0.5× width of nucha. FIGURE 69. S. ( Sycophila ) lasallei sp. n. (♀). 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. Fore wing with long marginal fringe, distal margin round; 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 with row of setae; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent ( Figs 70E, 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 8–12 setae, setae shorter than hind tibia width. FIGURE 70. S. ( Sycophila ) lasallei sp. n. (♀). A , mesosoma in dorsal view. B , propodeum. C , metasoma in lateral view. D , metasoma in dorsal view. E , fore wing. F , fore wing venation. Metasoma. Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present. Metasoma 1.65× as long as wide (165:100) ( Fig. 70C ), longer than mesosoma, strongly compressed laterally and dorsally angulate ( Fig. 70D ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent; petiole in dorsal view longer than wide, as long as or longer than half length of hind coxa; tergites finely sculptured; Gt4 (in lateral view) much as long as Gt3 (at least 1.5× longer), not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 partly covering Gt6, not sinuous posteriorly; Gt6 with few setae ventrally; ovipositor oriented dorsad but not distinctly upturned ( Fig. 70C ). Male . Unknown. Variation. Length 2.3–3.1 mm . Mesosoma and gaster sometimes entirely brown. Host plants. Ficus glumosa and F. thonningii . Geographical distribution. Guinea and United Republic of Tanzania .