(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: unplaced)
Sycophaginae Walker 1975
Anidarnes Bouček1993
Apocryptophagus Ashmead 1904
Eukoebelea Ashmead 1904
Idarnes Walker 1843
Pseudidarnes Girault 1927
Sycophaga Westwood 1840
Worldwide.
Gall formers developing in fig ovules.
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.
Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).
Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)
Copyright 2004-2011 Iziko Museums