Synoza Enderlein

(Figs 17, 38, 51, 62, 79)

Diagnosis: Antenna hirsute (Figs 17, 62), about 4 times head width; terminal setae subequal and pointed; genae lacking processes. Forewing truncated at apex; costal break indicated by weakening of sclerotisation of C+Sc; veins bearing long setae; basal 2/3 of vein M completely fused with Rs. R1 and Cu1 branching at the same point; M+Cu1 absent (Fig. 51). Meracanthus small, pointed and curved; metatibia without genual spine, apical spurs arranged in an open crown; metabasitarsus with two spurs. Male proctiger unipartite.

Biology and damage: Unknown.

Host-plants: Ficus (Moraceae) (Hollis & Broomfield 1989)

Distribution: Neotropical (Hodkinson 1989; Basset et al. 1997).— Colombia: Synoza cornutiventris Enderlein (Brown & Hodkinson 1988) .

Examined material: Synoza cornutiventris: Cundinamarca: 18 (female) , Bogotá, 4°35'56''N, 74°04'51'W, 2600 m, 13-Apr-2003, Ficus soatensis (A. Ramos), UNAB 892 ; 1 (female), Bogotá, Fontibón, 14-Feb-2014 (P. Osorio), CTNI 55 ; 1 (female), Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°36'17"N, 74°5'3"W, 2590 m, 23-Aug-2011 (Y. Sánchez), UNAB 986 ; 6 (male): Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°38'17"N, 74°5'3"W, 2590 m, 17-Oct-2012, Moraceae (M. Pinzón), UNAB 986 ; 5 (male, female): Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°38'19"N, 74°5'7"W, 2650 m, 25-May-2012, Ficus sp. (E. Cantor), UNAB 986 ; 3 (male, female): Bogotá, Univ. Nal. Col., 4°38'25"N, 74°4'56"W, 2558 m, 27- Sep-2012, Ficus sp. (N. Pinzón), UNAB 986; 1 (female) , Bogotá, Barrio San José de Bavaria, 4°45'45"N, 74°4'14"W, 2600 m, 20-Aug-2013, Poaceae (J. Marín), UNAB 986 ; 5 (male, female), Chía, 9-Dec-1972 (F. Mosquera), CTNI 56 ; 1 (female), Mosquera, Tibaitatá, 19-Feb-2014 (P. Osorio) CTNI 55. Meta: 1 (female), Villavicencio, Univ. Llanos, 4°09'12"N, 73°38'06"W, 467 m, 11-May-2011, on grass (A. Romero), UNAB 986 .