Sycophila (Tineomyza) glumosae Lotfalizadeh, 2024
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Sycophila (Tineomyza) glumosae Lotfalizadeh |
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Sycophila (Tineomyza) glumosae Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. n.
( Figs 105–106 View FIGURE 105 View FIGURE 106 )
Type material examined. Holotype ♀: Guinea, Bakoré, ex syconia of Ficus glumosa , 2.v.1993, Rasplus J.-Y. leg. Deposited in CBGP. Paratypes: same data as holotype, 7♀. Congo, Brazzaville, xi.1989, ex syconia of Ficus bubu, David leg., 2♀. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto, 6.222197° -5.024070°, ex syconia of Ficus trichopoda , 27.vi.1989, Rasplus J.-Y. leg., 2♀.
Etymology. The specific name refers to fig species from which holotype was reared. Diagnosis. All funiculars longer than broad ( Fig. 105B View FIGURE 105 ). Basal carina of propodeum inverted V-shaped ( Fig. View FIGURE 106
106B). Mesoscutum with coarse umbilicate punctures ( Fig. 106A View FIGURE 106 ). Fore wing entirely setose including basal cell
( Fig. 106E View FIGURE 106 ). Tergites smooth, Gt4 as long as Gt3 ( Fig. 106C View FIGURE 106 ).
Description of holotype ♀ ( Figs 105–106 View FIGURE 105 View FIGURE 106 ). Length 2.10 mm. Body yellowish ( Fig. 105A View FIGURE 105 ), except head dorsally, antennal funicle and mesosoma dark brown, petiole dark; antennal colour mostly dark brown; fore wing with a dark brown spot below mv, reaching base of mv; lower margin of mv obscured by dark brown spot ( Fig. 106E View FIGURE 106 ); gaster uniformly coloured ( Fig. 106C View FIGURE 106 ); body setation whitish, setation of fore wing entirely dark.
Head 1.36× as broad as high [HW 150 & HH 110] ( Fig. 105C View FIGURE 105 ); in dorsal view stout, 1.74× as broad as long [HW 188 & HL 108] ( Fig. 105D View FIGURE 105 ); face mostly coriaceous, vertex coriaceous and sparsely punctulate; malar space 0.62× length of eye [ms 40 & EH 65]; malar sulcus distinct, straight ( Fig. 105E View FIGURE 105 ); genal margin regularly curved, rounded; antennal toruli widely separated; interantennal space not raised, not carinate laterally; scrobal depression smooth, reaching the median ocellus, not carinate on margin; POL 2.93× as long as OOL [POL 44 & OOL 15] ( Fig. 105D View FIGURE 105 ); temple rounded, 0.23× the eye length (in dorsal view) [TL 19 & EL 82]; setation oriented downwards on face, outwards on the punctuate frons.
Antenna. Scape reaching lower margin of median ocellus, 6× as long as broad [SL 60 & SW 10]; fu1 1.22× as long as broad [fu1L 2 & fu1W 18], not longer than pedicel, not bulging dorsally; funiculars (fu2–fu4) with two rows of mps and 2–3 whorls of adpressed setae; fu2–fu4 longer than broad; fu5 slightly longer than broad ( Fig. 105B View FIGURE 105 ).
Mesosoma weakly arched dorsally, 1.5× as long as wide (155:105), with deep sculpture ( Fig. 106A View FIGURE 106 ); pronotum with coarse umbilicate punctures; mesepisternum without any process or raised sculpture on epicnemium; mesoscutum 0.4× as long as wide (45:105), 0.5× longer than length of pronotal collar (45:85), densely umbilicate punctures; notauli conspicuous, slightly obliterated by mesoscutum sculpture; prepectus bare, smooth medially; mesoscutellum with umbilicate punctures; mesepimeron transversally strigose; metepimeron subtriangular and areolate with long white hairs; propodeum ( Fig. 106B View FIGURE 106 ) with shallow median depression, without smooth median band, without any median carina; lateral rows of areolae absent; inverted V-shaped basal carina, lateral branches slightly convex; distance between lateral carinae reaching each other basally.
Fore wing with long marginal fringe, apically subtruncate (pointed anteriorly); dark brown spot below mv; basal cell more setose; mv distinctly enlarged, triangularly broadened, in lower margin straight, longer than pmv; stv not curved; pmv not distinct, not longer than stv; ventral side of costal cell densely setose, dorsally bare; speculum narrow; parastigmal bristles absent ( Fig. 105E–F View FIGURE 105 ).
Legs. Fore coxa without depression on frontal surface, hind coxa bare basodorsally; fore (30:10) and hind femora (35:12); hind tibia dorsally with about 6 setae, setae as long as hind tibia width; setation of fore wing entirely dark.
Metasoma. Petiole longer than broad dorsally, ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 present. Metasoma 1.9× as long as wide (170:90) ( Fig. 106C View FIGURE 106 ), longer than mesosoma, slightly compressed laterally ( Fig. 106D View FIGURE 106 ); ventral transverse carina between petiole and St1 absent; petiole in dorsal view longer than wide, shorter than half length of hind coxa; tergites smooth and bare; Gt4 (in lateral view) much as long as Gt3 (at least 1.5× longer), not sinuous posteriorly; Gt5 partly covering Gt6, not sinuous posteriorly; ovipositor upturned ( Fig. 106C View FIGURE 106 ).
Male. Unknown.
Variation. Length 1.92–2.88 mm. Some specimens generally darker or with gaster and propodeum dark brown.
Host plants. Ficus bubu , F. glumosa and F. trichopoda .
Geographical distribution. Congo, Guinea and Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.
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