Conidarnes bergi
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Agaonidae
Genus: Conidarnes
Name
Conidarnes bergi Farache & Rasplus sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Holotype
♀: INDONESIA: Java: Gunung Tjibodas, –6.88° 106.65°, 530m, 19.XI.1954, van der Vecht J., ex Ficus involucrata, Wiebes Coll. n° 114 (RMNH).
Paratypes. 8♀, 8♂: INDONESIA: Java: Gunung Tjibodas, –6.88° 106.65°, 530m, 19.XI.1954, van der Vecht J., ex Ficus involucrata, Wiebes Coll. n° 114, 19.XI.1954, de Gunst JH, ex Ficus involucrata, Wiebes Coll. n° 116 & 5103 (5♀, 5♂ RMNH; 2♀, 2♂ CBGP; 1♀, 1♂ RPSP).
Diagnosis
Antennae inserted at the lower line of compound eyes. Supraclypeal area shorter than clypeus. Supraclypeal area narrow. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sculpture reticulate. Prosternal posterior margin medially acute. Propodeum without a median line. Length of the ovipositor sheaths 0.46× body length.
Description
Female. Size and colour Body length 2.8 mm. Length of the ovipositor sheaths 1.3 mm. Head and mesosoma black, slightly green. Metallic lustre faint. Antennae and legs yellow, coxae concolorous with mesosoma. Metasoma brown.
Head. Scape 5× as long as wide. Antenna with two anelli. Proximal anellus longer than distal anellus. Funicular segments mostly as long as wide or slightly longer than wide. Terminal antennomere inconspicuous. Antennae inserted at the lower line of compound eyes. Supraclypeal area shorter than clypeus, narrow. Face sculpture reticulate. Scrobe without a median longitudinal sulcus.
Mesosoma. Pronotum sculpture reticulate. Pronotum elongated, nearly twice as long as high in lateral view. Prosternal posterior margin medially acute. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sculpture reticulate. Notauli complete. Frenal sulcus crenulated. Metascutellum short, inconspicuous. Anterior margin of propodeum crenulated. Propodeum sculpture reticulate. Propodeum without a median line.
Metasoma. Length of the ovipositor sheaths 0.46× body length.
Male. Similar to female, except the following characters: Head and mesosoma darker. Legs browner. Pedicel and funicular segments more elongated. Antenna more setose. Pronotum more elongated.
Etymology
The specific name is a tribute to our colleague and friend Kees Berg (2 July 1934–31 August 2012), for his excellent and unparalleled work on the taxonomy of fig trees.
Biology
Reared from syconia of Ficus involucrata Blume.
Original Description
- Farache, F; Rasplus, J; 2015: Conidarnes, a new oriental genus of Sycophaginae (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) associated with Ficus section Conosycea (Moraceae) ZooKeys, (539): 119-145. doi
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