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Sycophila kestraneura (Masi)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Unplaced; Family: Eurytomidae, Genus: Sycophila)

Decatoma kestraneura Masi 1917. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality: India-Karnataka

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Distribution

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Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Seychelles

Biology

Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

Credits

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References

Masi, L. 1917. Chalcididae of the Seychelles islands. (With an appendix by J.J.Kieffer.) Novitates Zoologicae. 24:121-330.

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