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. ^ a b 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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