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 Ficomila bouceki Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n. ( Figs 19–20 ) Type material examined. Holotype ♀ : Guinea , Monts Nimba , Mifergui , ex syconia of Ficus artocarpoides , 6.v.1993 , Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 1♀ . Deposited in CBGP . Paratypes : same data as holotype , 1♀ . Gabon , Makokou , ex syconia of F. artocarpoides , 23.ix.1988 , Maldès J.-M. leg. , 1♀ . Cameroon , Londjikubi , ex syconia of Ficus ovata , 24.ii.1993 , Gibernau M. leg. , 1♀ . Nkolbisson , ex syconia of Ficus macrosperma , 5.viii.1993 , Gibernau M. leg. , 1♀ ( 4♀ CBGP ) . Etymology. This species is named in honor of our mentor Zdenek Bouček for his phenomenal contribution to our knowledge of Chalcidoidea . Diagnosis . Female body dark brown with some yellowish marks ( Fig. 19A ). Flagellum with fu2–fu4 longer than wide, fu5 as long as wide ( Fig. 19B ). Propodeum without smooth median band, median carina distinct and reaching basal half of propodeum ( Fig. 20B ). Mesoscutum densely coriaceous with sparse umbilicate punctures ( Fig. 20A ). Gaster of female compressed laterally, dorsally angulate ( Fig. 20C ). Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 19–20 ). Length 5.08 mm . Body generally dark brown ( Fig. 19A ), except tergites Gt5–Gt6, all tibia, tarsomeres and scape yellowish-brown, Gt1–Gt4 brown, pronotum anterolaterally testaceous; fore wing with one dark brown spot below mv, lower margin of mv obscured by dark brown spot, dark brown spot reaching base of mv ( Fig. 19E ); gaster bicoloured; body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark. FIGURE 19. Ficomila bouceki 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. Head 1.5× as broad as high [HW 277 & HH 185] ( Fig. 19C ), in dorsal view transverse, 2.15× as broad as long [HW 277 & HL 129] ( Fig. 19D ); face mostly coriaceous with sparse punctures, vertex coriaceous; malar space 0.39× length of eye [ms 55 & EH 140]; malar sulcus distinct, straight ( Fig. 19E ); lower margin of gena sinuous, edged but not carinate; antennal toruli widely separated, interantennal space not raised, carinate laterally, scrobal depression slightly sculptured dorsally, reaching the median ocellus, carinate on margin (at least dorsally); POL 1.1× as long as OOL [POL 64 & OOL 57] ( Fig. 19D ); temples in dorsal view margined, 0.33× the eye length [TL 45 & EL 138]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons. Antenna . Scape not reaching median ocellus, 3.27× as long as broad [SL 144 & SW 44]; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with two or three rows of mps; fu1 1.83× as long as broad [fu1L 95 & fu1W 52], distinctly longer than pedicel, bulging dorsally; fu2–fu4 slightly longer than broad; fu5 as long as broad ( Fig. 19B ). Mesosoma arched dorsally, 1.5× as long as wide (170:115), with obliterate punctures ( Fig. 20A ); pronotum with sparse umbilicate punctures; mesodiscrimen with a ring-like process, adjacent to mesocoxa; mesoscutum 0.5× as long as wide (55:115), 0.6× longer than length of pronotal collar (55:90), sparsely umbilicate, transversely strigose anteriorly; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, with raised sculpture; mesoscutellum densely coriaceous medially and laterally with shallow punctures; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 20B ) with deep median depression and a smooth median band, inverted U-shaped basal carina, lateral branches relatively straight, width of basal carinae less than 0.5× width of nucha, median sculpture regular. Fore wing with short marginal fringe, apically subtruncate (pointed anteriorly); dark brown spot below mv; basal cell bare or nearly so; mv slightly enlarged, normally broadened, in lower margin concave; pmv not distinct; stv curved up; ventral side of costal cell bare, dorsally with row of setae; speculum present; parastigmal bristles absent ( Figs 20E, F ). FIGURE 20. Ficomila bouceki 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. Legs . Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (30:12) and hind femora (35:15); hind tibia dorsally with more than 10 setae, setae shorter than basal tibial width. Metasoma. Petiole shorter than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present. Metasoma 1.5× as long as wide (170:115) ( Fig. 20C ), longer than mesosoma, strongly compressed laterally and dorsally angulate ( Fig. 20D ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present; petiole in dorsal view not longer than wide, distinctly shorter than half-length of hind coxa; gastral tergites finely sculptured; Gt4 (in lateral view) slightly as long as Gt3, sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 partly covered Gt6, sinuous posteriorly; Gt6 entirely setose in ventral half; ovipositor upturned ( Fig. 20C ). Male . Unknown. Variation. Length 4.76–6.17 mm . Gaster in some specimens uniformly yellowish. Host plants. Ficus artocarpoides , F. sansibarica subsp. macrosperma and F. laurifolia . Geographical distribution. Cameroon , Gabon and Guinea .