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Sycoryctes hirtus Wiebes

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Pteromalidae; Subfamily: Sycoryctinae; Tribe: Sycoryctini, Genus: Sycoryctes)

Sycoryctes hirtus Wiebes 1981(in Bouček, Watsham & Wiebes). Holotype in NCB Naturalis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - RMNH). Type locality: Zimbabwe

 

Distribution

Sycoryctes hirtus_map

Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

 

Reference

Bouček Z., A. Watsham & J.T. Wiebes, 1981. The fig wasp fauna of the receptacles of Ficus thonningii (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie, 124(5): 149-233.

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