Sycophila fujianensis Oezdikmen , 2011

Xiao, Hui, Zhang, Rui & Gao, Mengqing, 2021, Three new species of the genus Sycophila (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) from China, ZooKeys 1029, pp. 123-137 : 123

Sycophila fujianensis Oezdikmen, 2011

Sycophila fujianensis Özdikmen, 2011: 838. Replacement name for Sycophila flava Xu & He, 2003.

Sycophila flava Xu & He, 2003. Junior secondary homonym of Sycophila flava (Ashmead, 1881).

Diagnosis.

Body length 3.0 mm. Body yellow-brown in general except collar of pronotum, median line of propodeum, and median area of Gt1-3 black. Wings hyaline, marginal vein and the surrounding dark brown. Head in dorsal view 2.3 × as wide as long, head in frontal view 1.2 × as wide as high. Antennal insertion on lower ocular line, scrobes not reaching anterior ocellus. Antenna slender, each funicular longer than broad respectively; Fu1 2.8 × as long as broad, longer than the other funiculars; the length of the other funiculars shorter towards the end, the last funicular length 1.9 × width. Fore wing 2.7 × as long as broad, speculum distinct and closed behind; marginal vein 1.6 × as long as stigmal vein; postmarginal vein shorter than marginal vein, 1.1 × as long as stigmal vein. A row of long setae on the dorsal edge of hind tibia shorter than tibia width. Gaster cylindrical, 4.0 × as long as broad, Gt4 dorsally 1.3 × as long as Gt3; Length of Gt4 1.2 × length of Gt3. Male similar to the female, body length 3.0 mm, antenna with 4 funiculars; gaster short; petiole black dorsally.

Hosts.

Gall wasps (cynipids) in bamboo shoots.

Distribution.

China (Fujian) ( Xu and He 2003).