| Sycoscapter | |
|---|---|
| Sycoscapter sp. female ovipositing | |
| Sycoscapter australis male from New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pteromalidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteromalinae |
| Tribe: | Otitesellini |
| Genus: | Sycoscapter Westwood, 1883 |
Sycoscapter is a genus of non-pollinating fig wasp which is native to the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian realms.12 They are parasitoids of fig wasps in the Ceratosolen, Eupristina and Kradibia genera.2
References
References
- COOK, JAMES M.; BOUTEILLER-REUTER, CAROLINE; HALE, MARIE L. "Characterization of microsatellite markers for Sycoscapter nonpollinating fig wasps [2009]". AGRIS. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- van Noort, S.; Rasplus, J.-Y. "Sycoscapter Saunders". Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. Iziko Museums. Retrieved 22 January 2018.