Sycophaga sycomori (Linneaus)

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

Cynips sycomori Linneaus 1758. Holotype: . Type locality: Israel.

Distribution

Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, UAE, Yemen.

Biology

Host fig: Ficus sycomorus L. 

Reference

Kerdelhué C., J.P. Rossi & J.Y. Rasplus, 2000. Comparative community ecology studies on Old World figs and fig wasps. Ecology 81: 2832–2849.

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae (10th Edition). 1:824+iiipp. Stockholm.

Credits

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