Description of two new species from China in a new species group of the fig wasp genus Sycophaga Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae: Sycophaginae) Author Liu, Yang Author Li, Zi Author Jia, Lingyi Author Huang, Dawei text Zootaxa 2016 4196 4 569 578 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.6 1c685c0d-6af7-4713-9fe4-37fa80574506 1175-5326 168329 D2F0DC79-1F6A-410A-B5F8-7EE37AC99112 Sycophaga brevis Liu & Huang n. sp. ( Figs 1–12 ) Material examined. Holotype . ♀ , China : Yun Nan : Xi Chou , 2.V.2004 , Wen-Quan Zen , ex Ficus orthoneura ( IZCAS ) . Paratypes . 2♀ , 3♂ , same data as holotype ( IZCAS ) ; 3♀ , same data as holotype, ethanol-preserved ( IZCAS ) . Diagnosis. Female. Pronotum about 2.1× as wide as long medially ( Fig. 4 ); pronotum medially about 2/3 as long as mesoscutum ( Fig. 4 ); ovipositor about 1.25× as long as body ( Fig. 1 ). Male. Pronotum with lamella expanding anteriorly and laterally as thin roof and medial cleft absent ( Fig. 10 ); all tarsi with basal four segments nearly equal in length and ta5 about 4× as long as ta4 ( Fig. 12 ); head with submedian lines absent ( Fig. 8 ). Spiracular process about 5.6× as long as basal width. Description. Female. Head capsule, mesosoma and gaster with metallic tinge, predominantly green ( Figs 1–4 ) with gaster dark green ( Fig. 6 ). Eyes red and legs yellow ( Fig. 3 ). Ovipositor valves yellow and sheaths black. Head capsule uniformly micropunctate-reticulate ( Fig. 2 ); in anterior view ( Fig. 2 ) about 1.3× as wide as high medially; in lateral view ( Fig. 3 ) about 1.4× as high as long; malar space about 0.56× eye height and 0.69× eye width. Antenna ( Fig. 3 ) with scape and pedicel alutaceous; scape about 2.3× as long as wide, pedicel about 1.7× as long as apical width and about 1.2× as long as fu1; an1 about 4.5× and an2 about 2.4× as wide as long, and an2 about 1.9× as long as an1; flagellum with dense longitudinal sensilla a little longer than respective segment; funicle with fu1 as long as wide, fu1 about 1.6× as wide as an2, and all funiculars of nearly same size; clava about 2.7× as long as wide ( Fig. 3 ). Clypeus and supraclypeal area not defined. Mesosoma uniformly micropunctate-reticulate except propodeum with two symmetrical smooth and shiny oval areas ( Figs 1, 4 ). Mesosoma ( Fig. 5 ) with pronotum about 2.1× as wide as long medially and about 0.7× as long as mesoscutum; mesoscutum about 1.7× as wide as long medially with posterior margin of mid lobe as wide as anterior margin of scutellum; scutellum trapezoidal, with anterior width, posterior width and length in ratio of 17:21:17. Fore wing with marginal vein, postmarginal vein and stigmal vein in ratio of 15:11:12 ( Fig. 5 ). Gaster ( Fig. 6 ) about 1.7× as long as wide medially; tergites smooth and shiny with irregular micropunctures except GT6 alutaceous. Ovipositor 1.25× as long as body. Male. Brown. Head capsule in dorsal view ( Fig. 8 ) longitudinally striate-strigose and striate-punctate with sparse setae, about 1.5× as long as wide with anterior margin incurved medially; in lateral view about 2.4× as long as high (fig. 9). Antenna with scape strongly shortened and broad, about 1.2× as long as wide; pedicel triangular, below lamella of scape; fl1 flat, about 2× as long as wide; fl2 triangular with apex dull, about 1.7× as long as wide. Pronotum ( Fig. 10 ) as long as wide medially, longitudinally striate-strigose, with setae originating from shallow depressions; mesonotum ( Figs 10, 11 ) micropunctate, about 1.4× as wide as long medially; metanotopropodeum ( Fig. 11 ) about 1.3× as wide as long medially, longitudinally alutaceous-coriaceous except anterior margin oblique, with setae originating from shallow depressions. All tibiae, except for inner surfaces, with dense, stout, rounded spines, with maximal spine length about 1.1× as long as spiracular diameter on metanotopropodeum. Gaster longitudinally striate-strigose; spiracular process about 5.6× as long as basal width. Etymology. The Latin word “ brevis ”, meaning “short”, in reference to the fact that females of S. brevis have a shorter ovipositor than S. diutius . Biology. Reared from the monoecious fig species, F. orthoneura .