Sycophaginae
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

description: Key to Sycophaginae genera of the world based on females
1 Petiole conspicuous, at least as long as broad (Fig. 1 A); maxillary palpi four-segmented; labial palpi three-segmented; postmarginal vein conspicuous (may be short) (Fig. 1 B); associated with Ficus subgenus Urostigma, section Malvanthera, Australasia...................................................................... Pseudidarnes Girault, 1927
- Petiole short and transverse (Fig. 2 A); maxillary palpi at most three-segmented; labial palpi at most two-segmented, the second reduced as setae-like; postmarginal vein inconspicuous or absent (Fig. 2 B)........................................ 2
2 Antennae inserted closer to median ocellus than to clypeal margin (Fig. 3 A); supraclypeal area higher than clypeus and laterally well delimitated by line or groove (fig. 3A); ovipositor sheaths with a median constriction (Fig. 3 B) (one exception: Anidarnes dissidens Farache & Rasplus, 2013); scrobal cavity including the median ocellus (Fig. 3 A); associated with Ficus subgenus Urostigma section Americana, Neotropical region................................. Anidarnes Bouček, 1993
- Antennae inserted lower on head, at mid line of compound eyes or below (Fig. 4 A); supraclypeal area as high as clypeus, poorly delimited laterally (Fig. 4 A); ovipositor sheaths without a median constriction (Fig. 4 B); scrobal cavity not including the median ocellus (Fig. 4 A).............................................................................3
3 Malar sulcus present and conspicuous (Figs 5 A, B); sculpture of the head and mesosoma can be reticulated or engraved (Fig. 5 A), or completely smooth (Fig. 5 B); associated with Ficus subgenus Sycomorus more rarely with subgenus Urostigma section Americana; old world............................................................ Sycophaga Westwood, 1840
- Malar sulcus absent (Fig. 6 A); sculpture of the mesosoma always reticulated or reticulate engraved (Figs 6 A, B)..........4
4 Toruli contiguous, the distance between them much smaller than the torulus diameter (Fig. 7 A); interantennal projection absent (Fig. 7 A); postmarginal vein inconspicuous (Fig. 7 B); head and mesosoma with metallic tinge (Fig. 7 A); males always winged; associated with Ficus subgenus Urostigma, section Conosycea, Oriental region...................................................................................................... Conidarnes Farache & Rasplus, 2015
- Toruli separated from each other by about their diameter or more (Fig. 8 A); interantennal projection present, sometimes inconspicuous (Fig. 8 A); postmarginal vein always visible (Fig. 8 B); head and mesosoma with metallic tinge or without, yellowish, brown to black; males apterous, only winged in the Idarnes incertus species-group.........................5
5 Pronotum medially more than 3/4 as long as mesoscutum (Fig. 9 A); clypeus transverse (Fig. 9 B), supraclypeal area not defined laterally by grooves (Fig. 9 B); associated with Ficus subgenus Urostigma, section Malvanthera, Australasia............................................................................................ Eukoebelea Ashmead, 1904
- Pronotum shorter than 3/4 of the mesoscutum length (Fig. 10 A); clypeus higher than wide or subquadrate (Fig. 10 B), supraclypeal area defined laterally by deep or shallow grooves (Fig. 10 B).........................................6
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 94-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/843097