Conidarnes, a new oriental genus of Sycophaginae (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) associated with Ficus section Conosycea (Moraceae)AuthorFarache, Fernando Henrique AntoniolliAuthorRasplus, Jean-YvestextZooKeys2015539119145http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6529journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.65291313-2970-539-1195FE9E7DAB4984776A83BAF643B21F5025FE9E7DAB4984776A83BAF643B21F502Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera AgaonidaeConidarnes Farache & Rasplusgen. n.Type species.Conidarnes santineloi
Farache & Rasplus, sp. n.
Diagnosis.Antennae with 13-14 antennomeres (one or two anelli), including a stub or nipple-like terminal flagellomere. Funicular segments slightly longer than wide to transverse. Antennae inserted at the middle line of compound eyes or below. Toruli contiguous. Clypeal margin bilobed. Malar sulcus absent. Petiole very short, transverse. Ovipositor sheaths without a median constriction and depigmentation.Generic description.Females. Size and colour. Body length 1.5-4.0 mm. Length of the ovipositor sheaths 0.4-6.4 mm. Body colour variable. Antennae mostly yellow, sometimes with orange or brown tinges. Head and mesosoma brown to black, usually with green, blue and orange metallic lustre. Legs yellow to brown. Coxae sometimes concolorous with mesosoma. Wings hyaline, sometimes medially infuscate in males. Metasoma usually brown black, sometimes yellow.Head
. Antenna with 13 or 14 antennomeres (including a stub or nipple-like terminal antennomere), usually with two anelli but sometimes with a single anellus (antennal formula 11263 or 11163). Terminal antennomere (i.e. a nipple-like thirteenth or fourteenth antennomere) sometimes conspicuous. Funicular segments slightly longer than wide to transverse. Face sculpture usually reticulate, sometimes slightly engraved. Upper face sometimes smooth. Antennae inserted at the middle line of compound eyes or below. Toruli contiguous, distance between toruli always smaller than one torulus diameter. Clypeal margin bilobed. Malar sulcus absent.
Mesosoma. Pronotum and mesonotum sculpture variable. Pronotum longer than high in lateral view. Notauli usually complete, but incomplete in
Conidarnes laevis
sp. n. Mesoscutellar-axillar complex with straight or incurved axillular grooves and transverse frenal sulcus, forming a square mesoscutellum (an apomorphy of
Sycophaginae
). Mesoscutellum trapezoidal, wider near frenal sulcus and narrower near transscutal articulation. Propodeum transverse. Wings with short and sparse pilosity. Postmarginal vein inconspicuous, stub-like. Marginal vein at least as long as stigmal vein.
Metasoma. Petiolate, petiole very short, transverse. Margin of eighth gastral tergite deeply sinuate, A-like, with thumbnail-like medial flap (epipygium) and with a peg-like cercus arising from the membrane on either side of the epipygium (apomorphy of
Sycophaginae
). Length of the ovipositor sheaths varying from 0.3
x
(about as long as the hind tibia) to nearly twice as long as body. Ovipositor sheaths without a median constriction and depigmentation.
Males. Similar to females but usually slender and shorter. Exhibiting different coloration, the mesosoma sometimes mostly yellow. Wings sometimes medially infuscate.Etymology.
The generic name is masculine and derived from
Idarnes
Walker, 1843, in the same manner than other sycophagine genera (
Pseudidarnes
Girault, 1927 and
AnidarnesBoucek
, 1993) and is associated to the prefix Con used for
Conosycea
, the host plant section of the included species. The origins of the name
Idarnes
were discussed in
Farache et al. (2013)
.
Key to species
6D6C
Ficus kerkhoveni
laevis
sp. n.
2
12D12C
Ficus altissima
sulcata
sp. n
3
7B7B
Ficus pallescens
santineloi
sp. n.
4
1A1A
achterbergi
sp. n.
5
10A10D
Ficus subtecta
subtectae
sp. n.
3A14A3D14C
6
14C14C15D
Ficus sumatrana
sumatranae
sp. n.
3D3D4B
Ficus involucrata
bergi
sp. n.
Figure 1.
Conidarnes achterbergi
sp. n., female. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C antenna, detail.
Figure 2.
Conidarnes achterbergi
sp. n. female. A head in frontal view B mesosoma in lateral view C mesosoma in dorsal view D propodeum and terminal mesosoma in dorsal view E wing F detail of venation.
Figure 3.
Conidarnes bergi
sp. n. female. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C antenna, detail D head in frontal view E head in dorsal view F mesosoma in lateral view.
Figure 4.
Conidarnes bergi
sp. n. female. A mesosoma in dorsal view B propodeum and terminal mesosoma in dorsal view C prosternum D detail of venation.
Figure 5.
Conidarnes bergi
sp. n. male. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C head in frontal view D mesosoma in dorsal view.
Figure 6.
Conidarnes laevis
sp. n. female. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C head in frontal view D mesosoma in dorsal view (excluding pronotum) E mesosoma in lateral view F wing. Images A, B, C, D, and F by Gunther Fleck.
Figure 7.
Conidarnes santineloi
sp. n. female. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C head in frontal view D head in dorsal view E mesosoma in lateral view F mesosoma in dorsal view.
Figure 8.
Conidarnes santineloi
sp. n. female. A propodeum and terminal mesosoma in dorsal view B prosternum C wing D detail of venation.
Figure 9.
Conidarnes santineloi
sp. n. male. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C head in frontal view D mesosoma in dorsal view.
Figure 10.
Conidarnes subtectae
sp. n. female. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C antenna, detail D head in frontal view E head in dorsal view F mesosoma in lateral view.
Figure 11.
Conidarnes subtectae
sp. n. female. A mesosoma in dorsal view B propodeum and terminal mesosoma in dorsal view C wing D detail of venation.
Figure 12.
Conidarnes sulcata
sp. n. female. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C head in frontal view D mesosoma in dorsal view E propodeum and terminal mesosoma in dorsal view F detail of venation. Images by Gunther Fleck.
Figure 13.
Conidarnes sulcata
sp. n. male. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C head in frontal view D mesosoma in dorsal view E propodeum and terminal mesosoma in dorsal view F wing. Photographs by Gunther Fleck.
Figure 14.
Conidarnes sumatranae
sp. n. female. Ahabitus lateral view B antenna C head in frontal view.
Figure 15.
Conidarnes sumatranae
sp. n. female. A head in dorsal view B mesosoma in lateral view C mesosoma in dorsal view D propodeum and terminal mesosoma in dorsal view E wing F detail of venation.
Figure 16.
Conidarnes
sp. ex
Ficus sundaica
male. Ahabitus lateral view B head in frontal view C mesosoma in lateral view D mesosoma in dorsal view E wing F detail of venation.