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Genus Sycoscapter

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Pteromalidae (Pteromalid Wasps)
Subfamily Pteromalinae
Tribe Otitesellini
Genus Sycoscapter
Explanation of Names
Sycoscapter Saunders 1883
Numbers
26 spp. total(2)
Range
Old World tropics(2)
Food
Parasitoids of Agaoninae(2)
Remarks
A little more information in this discussion
Internet References
live image(1)
Taxon page(2)
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.van Noort S., Rasplus J.-Y. (2004-2014) Fig wasps
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 January, 2014 - 10:09am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 16 January, 2019 - 8:09pm

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