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Sycophilomorpha Joseph & Abdurahiman

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Unplaced; Subfamily: Epichrysomallinae)

Sycophilomorpha Joseph & Abdurahiman 1969. Type species: Sycophilomorpha saptapurensis Joseph & Abdurahiman 1969.

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Sycophilomorpha female (ex F. altissima)

Sycophilomorpha male (ex F. altissima)

  Sycophilomorpha near saptapurensis (ex Ficus altissima)
  Sycophilomorpha saptapurensis Joseph & Abdurahiman, 1969

Distribution

Sycophilomorpha_map

India

Biology

Host: unknown

Credits

Photos © Jean-Yves Rasplus

References

Joseph, K.J. & Abdurahiman, U.C. 1969. Contributions to out knowledge of fig-insect (Hymenoptera, Agaontidae) from India IV. Further descriptions of new fig-insects from Ficus bengalensis L. Oriental Insects. 3:37-45.

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