Yang Xiao-Fang, Rasplus Jean-Yves, Feng Zhi-Rong, Miao Bai-Ge, Peng Yan-Qiong, Yang DA-Rong, Chen Huayan, Wang B O
Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Mengla 666303; China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100049; China.
CBGP INRAE; CIRAD; IRD; Montpellier SupAgro; Université de Montpellier; Montpellier; 34988; France.
Zootaxa. 2024 May 2;5446(4):517-530. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.4.4.
Two new species of Epichrysomallidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Sycophilodes densfemur Yang, Peng and Rasplus sp. nov. and S. altissimae Yang, Peng and Rasplus sp. nov. are described and illustrated. These species are early gall makers developing in figs of Ficus altissima Blume, 1825 (Moraceae) in Xishuangbanna, China. Their biology is discussed and an identification key to the described species of Sycophilodes is provided.
描述并图示了金小蜂科（膜翅目：小蜂总科）的两个新物种，即密股榕小蜂Sycophilodes densfemur Yang、Peng和Rasplus，新种，以及高榕榕小蜂S. altissimae Yang、Peng和Rasplus，新种。这些物种是早期造瘿者，在中国西双版纳的高山榕（桑科，1825年，Blume）的榕果中发育。讨论了它们的生物学特性，并提供了榕小蜂属已描述物种的检索表。
