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Sycophaga
afflicta Grandi,1916 |
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Sycophaga
callani Grandi,1955
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Sycophaga
cyclostigma Waterston,1916
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Sycophaga
depressa Risbec,1956
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Sycophaga
gigantea Grandi,1916
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Sycophaga
insularis Grandi,1916 |
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Sycophaga
silvestrii Grandi,1916 |
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Sycophaga
sycomori Linnaeus,1758 |
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Sycophaga
tenebrosa Grandi,1917 |
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Sycophaga
valentinae Grandi,1952
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Sycophaga
vicina Mayr,1906 |
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Sycophaga
viduata Grandi,1916
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Distribution
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Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea,
Israel, Kenya,
Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa,
Tanzania, Uganda,
UAE, Yemen, Zimbabwe. |
Biology
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Associated with
Ficus (Moraceae), Subgenus
Sycomorus, Section
Sycomorus. Entering the fig through the ostiole for oviposition at
B-phase of fig development. |
References
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Kerdelhué, C. & J.Y. Rasplus 1996. Non-pollinating Afrotropical fig
wasps affect the fig-pollinator mutualism in Ficus within the
subgenus Sycomorus. Oikos 75: 3-14.
Kerdelhué C., J.P. Rossi & J.Y. Rasplus, 2000.
Comparative community ecology studies on Old World figs and fig wasps. Ecology
81: 2832–2849.
Westwood,
J.O. 1840. On caprification as practised upon the Figs in the south of
Europe and the Levant, with descriptions of the insects employed for that
purpose; and observations upon the Agaon paradoxum Dalman. Transactions
of the Entomological Society of London. II:214-224.
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Credits
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums). |
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Next genus:
Megastigmus
(Torymidae)
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