Redescription of the fig wasp genus Sycophilodes Joseph (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Epichrysomallinae) with description of a new species from India
Author
Pramanik, Achintya
Author
Dey, Debjani
text
Zootaxa
2014
3838
3
310
322
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.4
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Key to species of
Sycophilodes
Joseph
1 Female
: Antennal formula 11173 (
Figs 4
,
24
); wing pilosity short and sparse; penultimate gastral segments neither tubular nor exerted..............................................................................................2
- Male: Antennal formula 11163 (
Figs 14
,
34
); wing pilosity short but dense; penultimate gastral segments tubular and exerted.....................................................................................................3
2 Postmarginal vein as long as stigmal vein (
Fig. 10
); scape 3× as long as pedicel; clava 2.5× longer than preceding funicular segment (
Fig. 4
); axilla with one long seta on upper part of its posterior half and two small setae at lower corner..............................................................................................
S
.
moniliformis
Joseph
- Postmarginal vein half length of stigmal vein (
Fig. 30
); scape 2× as long as pedicel; clava 3× longer than preceding funicular segment (
Fig. 24
); axilla with one long seta on upper part of its posterior half and a row of 5 setae on lower half..............................................................................
S
.
uluberiaensis
Pramanik & Dey
sp. nov.
3 Basal stalk of stigmal vein long and slender, about 0.7× length of stigma (
Fig. 20
); torular-ocular distance 2.3× intertorular distance; interspiracular distance 4.3× distance between spiracle and posterior propodeal margin; fore femur 2× length of fore coxa...............................................................................
S
.
moniliformis
Joseph
- Basal stalk of stigmal vein short and relatively thick, about 0.6× length of stigma (
Fig. 40
); torular-ocular distance 3× intertorular distance; interspiracular distance 3× distance between spiracle and posterior propodeal margin; fore femur 1.6× length of fore coxa.......................................................... ..
S
.
uluberiaensis
Pramanik & Dey
sp. nov.