Sycophila

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Sycophila
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eurytomidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Sycophila
Walker, 1871
Type species
Sycophila decatomoides
Walker, 1871
Species

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Sycophila is a genus of wasp that associates with figs[1] and galls of various insects such as gall wasps and gall midges.[2] They have a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species[]

There are currently around 120 described species[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Van Noort; et al. "Sycophila Walker". Figweb. iziko museums. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ Balduf, W. V. (1932). "Revision of the chalcid files of the tribe Decatomini (Eurytomidae) in America north of Mexico". doi:10.5479/si.00963801.79-2894.1. ISSN 0096-3801. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  4. ^ Gates, Michael W.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Buffington, Matthew L. (2020). "The great greenbriers gall mystery resolved? New species of Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) gall inducer and two new parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Smilax L. in southern Florida, USA". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 80: 71–98. doi:10.3897/jhr.80.59466.

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