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Sycoscapteridea longipalpis (Joseph)

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

Neosycoecus longipalpis Joseph 1957. Holotype Type locality: India

 

Distribution

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India; (Kerala, Karnataka)

Biology

Parasitoid of Kradibia gestroi (Agaonidae).

Host fig: Ficus exasperata

Reference

Joseph, K.J. 1957. Contribution to our knowledge of fig insects (Chalcidoidea: parasitic Hymenoptera) from India. VII. Descriptions of fifteen new and revision of some old species. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 125:97-133.

Credits

 

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Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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