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Sycophaginae Walker

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

Sycophaginae Walker 1975

Classification

 

Anidarnes Bouček1993

Apocryptophagus

Apocryptophagus Ashmead 1904

 

Eukoebelea Ashmead 1904

 

Idarnes Walker 1843

 

Pseudidarnes Girault 1927

Sycophaga Westwood 1840

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Gall formers developing in fig ovules.

Reference

 

Walker, F. 1875. Descriptions of new genera and species of parasites, belonging to the families Proctotrupidae and Chalcididae, which attack insects destructive to the fig in India. Entomologist 8: 15-18.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).

 

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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