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 ( Tineomyza ) luteacola Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n. ( Figs 133–135 ) Type material examined. Holotype ♀ : United Republic of Tanzania , Mialo , Mt Usambara West , 20-21.ii.1995 , ex syconia of F. natalensis , Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg. Deposited in CBGP . Paratypes : same data as holotype , 8♀ & 5♂ . Kenya , Kakamega Forest , Kisere , 3.ii.2006 , ex syconia of Ficus thonningii, Hiller Y. leg ., 3♀ . Madagascar , Ambohimanga , 4.v.1996 , ex syconia of Ficus lutea , Rasplus J.-Y. & Kerdelhué C. leg. , 1♀ & 1♂ . Etymology . From the specific name of its host fig tree ( F . lutea ) and -cola meaning inhabitant. Diagnosis . Female with all funiculars distinctly longer than wide, at least 2× as long as wide, fu1 as long as or slightly longer than pedicel ( Fig. 133B ). Malar sulcus present and slightly sinuous ( Fig. 133E ). Propodeum with a truncate mesally basal carina, relatively smooth medially ( Fig. 134B ). Fore wing with a large dark brown spot below mv, slightly extending into posterior half of wing ( Fig. 134E ). Petiole short, distinctly shorter than hind coxa ( Fig. 134C ). FIGURE 133. S . ( Tineomyza ) luteacola 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. In male body mostly dark brown and partly yellowish ( Fig. 135A ). All funiculars long, longer than wide ( Fig. 135C ). Costal cell sparsely setose ( Fig. 135D ). Dark brown spot of fore wing longer than wide ( Fig. 135D ). Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 133–134 ). Length 3.14 mm . Body generally dark brown ( Fig. 133A ), except head in frontal view, scape, pronotum anterolaterally, fore and mid legs and all tarsomeres, Gt4 partly and Gt5–Gt6 completely yellowish; antennal colour mostly darkened; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv; lower margin of mv obscured by dark brown spot, reaching base of mv ( Fig. 134E ); gaster bicoloured ( Fig. 134C ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark. FIGURE 134. S . ( Tineomyza ) luteacola sp. n. (♀). A , propodeum. B , mesosoma in dorsal view. C , metasoma in lateral view. D , metasoma in dorsal view. E , fore wing. F , fore wing venation. Head 1.26× as broad as high [HW 184 & HH 146] ( Fig. 133C ); in dorsal view stout, 1.84× as broad as long [HW 210 & HL 114] ( Fig. 133D ); face and vertex mostly coriaceous; malar space 0.52× length of eye [ms 44 & EH 85]; malar sulcus distinct, sinuous ( Fig. 133E ); genal margin regularly curved, edged but not carinate; antennal toruli widely separated; interantennal space not raised, carinate laterally; scrobal depression smooth, reaching the median ocellus, not carinate on margin; POL 2.38× as long as OOL [POL 50 & OOL 21] ( Fig. 133E ); temple rounded, 0.28× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 25 & EL 90]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons. Antenna . Scape reaching lower margin of median ocellus, 4.72× as long as broad [SL 85 & SW 18]; fu1 2.26× as long as broad [fu1L 34 & fu1W 15], not longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with two rows of mps and 2–3 whorls of adpressed setae; fu2–fu4 distinctly longer than broad; fu5 distinctly longer than broad ( Fig. 133B ). FIGURE 135. S . ( Tineomyza ) luteacola sp. n. (♂). A , male in lateral view. B , propodeum. C , antenna. D , fore wing. Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.6× as long as wide (175:110), with obliterate punctures ( Fig. 134A ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesepisternum without any process or raised sculpture on epicnemium; mesoscutum sparsely umbilicate, coriaceous anteriorly; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, slightly sculptured; mesoscutum 0.6× as long as wide (65:110), 0.7× longer than length of pronotal collar (65:95), with sparse umbilicate punctures laterally and coriaceous sculpture on mesoscutellar disc; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 134A ) with shallow median depression, with a smooth median band, and a distinct median carina; lateral rows of areolae absent; basal carina inverted V, truncate mesally; lateral branches of basal carina slightly convex; distance between lateral carinae less than 0.5× width of nucha. Fore wing with long marginal fringe, apically subtruncate (pointed anteriorly); dark brown spot below mv; basal cell more setose; mv slightly enlarged, normally broadened, in lower margin straight, 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 ( Figs 134E, F ). Legs . Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (30:12) and hind femora (30:13); hind tibia dorsally with 7–8 setae, setae shorter than tibia width. Metasoma. Petiole shorter than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present. Metasoma 1.5× as long as wide (160:105) ( Fig. 134C ), longer than mesosoma, strongly compressed laterally and dorsally angulate ( Fig. 134D ); 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, sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 partly covering Gt6, sinuous posteriorly; Gt4– Gt5 with one row of few setae dorsally, Gt6 sparsely setose ventrally; ovipositor oriented dorsad but not distinctly upturned ( Fig. 134C ). Male ( Fig. 135 ). Length 2.06–6.00 mm. Similar to female with longer petiole ( Fig. 135A ); exhibiting same colouration, antennal formula 11143, each funicular with one row of mps and 2 whorls of relatively long adpressed setae ( Fig. 135C ); fore wing basal cell entirely setose ( Fig. 135D ). Variation. Length 2.00– 3.20 mm Host plants. Ficus lutea , F. natalensis and F. thonningii . Geographical distribution. Kenya , Madagascar and United Republic of Tanzania .