Sycoscapter

Sycoscapter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Pteromalidae
Subfamily: Sycoryctinae
Genus: Sycoscapter
Westwood, 1883

Sycoscapter is a genus of non-pollinating fig wasp which is native to the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian realms.[1][2] They are parasitoids of fig wasps in the Ceratosolen, Eupristina and Kradibia genera.[2]

References

  1. COOK, JAMES M.; BOUTEILLER-REUTER, CAROLINE; HALE, MARIE L. "Characterization of microsatellite markers for Sycoscapter nonpollinating fig wasps [2009]". AGRIS. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 van Noort, S.; Rasplus, J.-Y. "Sycoscapter Saunders". Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. Iziko Museums. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

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