Sycidiphaga cyrtophyllae Liu & Rasplus & Noort & Li & Huang 2017, n. sp.
Creators: name: Liu, Yang
name: Rasplus, Jean-Yves
name: Noort, Simon Van
name: Li, Zi
name: Huang, Dawei
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Agaonidae
Sycidiphaga
Sycidiphaga cyrtophyllae

description: Sycidiphaga cyrtophyllae Liu, Rasplus & Huang n. sp.
(Figs 13–30)
Material examined. Holotype. ♀, China: Yun Nan: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Tropical Ravine Rainforest Area, 1.vii.2009, Baofa Sun, ex Ficus cyrtophylla (IZCAS). Paratypes. 5♀, 1♂, same data as holotype (IZCAS); 3♀, China: Yun Nan: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Tropical Ravine Rainforest Area, 20.vi.2009, Baofa Sun, ex Ficus cyrtophylla (IZCAS). 19♀, ethanol-preserved, China: Gui Zhou: Li Bo county, 18.ix.2005, ex Ficus cyrtophylla (IZCAS; CBGP; SAMC).
Description. Female. Body length 1.76 – 1.87 mm. Ovipositor length 1.64–1.91 mm. Body black except scapes, legs and ovipositor brownish-yellow; eyes reddish-brown (Fig. 13).
Head in frontal view subtriangular, about 1.3× as wide as long, 1.5× as wide as distance between inner margin of eyes, and about 1.8× as high as eye (Fig. 14); in lateral view oblong, about 1.4×as high as long. POL 1.8×OOL. Antenna with two cylindrical anelli (Fig. 14); F1 about 1.4× as wide as long, F2 trapezoidal, as long as wide at the apex and about 1.1× as long as wide at base; F3 basal width, apical width and length in ratio of 5:9:10; F4 to F8 longer than F3; longitudinal sensilla as long as funicular segment; clava about 3.5× as long as wide (Fig. 14). Distance between toruli approximately equal to torulus diameter; interantennal projection conspicuous and long, blade-like (Fig. 14). Head conspicuously engraved-reticulate, with exception of clypeus and supraclypeal area smooth; torulus surrounded by conspicuous carina (Fig. 14).
Mesosoma engraved-reticulate, except dorsal part of pronotum (collar) and anterior margin of mesoscutum smooth (Fig. 17). Notauli crenulated (Fig. 17). Scutellum faintly engraved-reticulate with irregular meshes (Fig. 17). Propodeum engraved-reticulate, with smaller meshes than on scutellum, and about 2.8× as wide as long (Fig. 20). Prosternum engraved-reticulate, with anterior half triangular and posterior half semicircular, about 1.1× as long as wide (Fig. 18). Mesopleural sulcus conspicuous, with transverse crenulation in its anterior half and obliquely engraved sculpture in its posterior half (Fig. 18). Pronotum about 2.1× as wide as long and as long as mesonotum; mesonotum about 2× as wide as long; scutellum trapezoidal, anterior margin, posterior margin and length in ratio of 26:32:35. Fore wing marginal vein, posterior marginal vein and stigmal vein in ratio of 18:13:20 (Fig. 23). Hind wing narrow, about 5.3× as long as wide; with three curving hamuli inserted distally on marginal vein. Fore leg femur, tibia and tarsus in ratio of 1:1:1, tarsal ratio 3:1:1:1:3. Mid leg femur, tibia and tarsus in ratio of 1:2:2, tarsal ratio 2:2:1:1:2. Hind leg femur, tibia and tarsus in ratio of 11:16:15, tarsal ratio 4:1:1:1:2.
Mesosoma about 1.4× as long as metasoma. Petiole short and conic (Figs 17, 19); in dorsal view respective ratio of anterior width, posterior width and length in ratio of 11:9:3; in lateral view, respective ratio of anterior height, posterior height and length 12:9:4. Gaster about 2.1× as long as wide (Fig. 22). Ovipositor as long as or a little shorter than body (Fig. 13).
Male. Body brownish-yellow, with anterior part of head and mandibles black (Fig. 25).
Head in dorsal view trapezoidal; anterior margin, posterior margin and length in ratio of 19:26:28 (Fig. 26); in lateral view wedge shaped (Fig. 27); about 7.3× as long as median diameter of eye; sparsely and finely punctured, each puncture with a short seta (Figs 26, 27). Antenna 5-segmented; scape nearly semicircular, about 1.6× as long as wide; pedicel with narrow base and swollen apex, apex about 3.5× as wide as base; F1 flattened and trapezoidal, basal margin, apical margin and length in a ratio of 5:9:4; F2 flattened, subquadrate, about 1.1× as long as wide; F3 club-like, flattened and triangular.
Mesosoma and metasoma smooth. Pronotum about 1.3× as wide as long medially, with a longitudinal groove not reaching posterior margin (Fig. 28). Mesonotum about 1.1× as wide as long (Fig. 28). Fused metanotum + propodeum about 1.6× as long as wide, with spiracle located on lateral-posterior margin (Fig. 29). Legs with dense spines on external side of tibiae (Fig. 30); fore leg tarsal ratio 3:1:1:1:2; mid leg tarsal ratio 5:2:2:2:5; hind leg tarsal ratio 3:1:1:1:2.
Petiole about 1.5× as wide as long and about 0.6× as wide as metanotum + propodeum.
Etymology. The species is named after its host plant Ficus cyrtophylla.
Biology. Reared from figs of Ficus cyrtophylla.
description: Published as part of Liu, Yang, Rasplus, Jean-Yves, Noort, Simon Van, Li, Zi & Huang, Dawei, 2017, Sycidiphaga, a new genus of Sycophaginae Walker, 1975 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae) associated with Ficus subgenus Sycidium in southern China, pp. 91-107 in Zootaxa 4306 (1) on pages 99-103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/843097