Sycophila

Sycophila
Sycophila biguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eurytomidae
Subfamily:	Eurytominae
Genus:	Sycophila Walker, 1871
Type species
Sycophila decatomoides Walker, 1871
Species
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Sycophila is a genus of wasps in the family Eurytomidae. Species of the genus associate with figs ^[1] and galls of various insects such as gall wasps and gall midges. ^[2] It can be distinguished from other eurytomid genera by the elongate petiole, the gaster often being laterally compressed, and the forewing having a broadened marginal vein and dark brown maculae. ^[3] Sycophila has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

There are currently around 120 described species. ^{[4] [5]}

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" . Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 79 (2894): 1–95. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.79-2894.1. hdl:10088/16072. ISSN   0096-3801.
3. Xiao, Hui; Zhang, Rui; Gao, Mengqing (2021-04-08). "Three new species of the genus Sycophila (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) from China". ZooKeys (1029): 123–137. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1029..123X. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1029.60911 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   8050019 . PMID   33935552.
4. "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
5. 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 .