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Apocryptophagus Ashmead

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

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 Apocryptophagus Ashmead 1904. Type species: Chalcis explorator Ashmead 1904.

Apocryptophagus Apocryptophagus
 

Apocryptophagus agraensis Joseph, 1953

 

Apocryptophagus brevitarsus Grandi, 1916

 

Apocryptophagus concisiventris Girault, 1915

 

Apocryptophagus explorator Coquerel, 1855

  Apocryptophagus flavus Girault, 1927
  Apocryptophagus fuscus Girault, 1913
  Apocryptophagus gigas Mayr, 1906
  Apocryptophagus robustus Mayr, 1906
  Apocryptophagus stratheni Joseph, 1957
  Apocryptophagus testacea Mayr, 1885
 

Apocryptophagus thalakvadiensis Joseph, 1957

Distribution

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Afrotropical: Cameroon, Réunion, Indo-Australian: Australia, India, Indonesia, Papa New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Yemen

Biology

Host plant: Ficus hispidioides (Moraceae), Ficus racemosa (Moraceae), Ficus virens (Moraceae)

Reference

Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the chalcid flies of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America by Herbert H. Smith. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. 1(4):i-xi,225-551,39pls.

Credits

Photographs by Simon van Noort © Iziko South African Museum

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