Apocryptophagus agraensis (Joseph)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: unplaced; Subfamily: Sycophaginae, Genus: Apocryptophagus)

Sycophagella agraensis Joseph 1953. Holotype: desposition unknown Type locality: Uttar Pradesh, India

Distribution

India

Biology

Host plant: Ficus racemosa (Moraceae)

Reference

Joseph, K.J. 1953. Contribution to our knowledge of fig insects (Chalcidoidea: Parasitic: Hymenoptera) from India. III. Description of three new genera and five new species of Sycophagini, with notes on biology, distribution and evolution. Agra University Journal of Research (Science). 2:53-82. 

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