Sycophaga | |
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Sycophaga sp., adult females on F. sur | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pteromalidae |
Subfamily: | Sycophaginae |
Genus: |
Sycophaga Westwood, 1840 |
Type species | |
Sycophaga sycomori (
Linnaeus, 1758)
| |
Species | |
See text |
Sycophaga is a mainly Afrotropical genus of fig wasps that live on the section Sycomorus of the monoecious [1] fig subgenus, Sycomorus, [2] and one of several fig wasp genera to exploit its mutualism with Ceratosolen wasps. [3]
They enter the fig during the receptive phase of development, and oviposit inside the short-style flowers. This induces the growth of endosperm tissue and the enlargement and ripening of the syconium which holds the wasp-bearing drupelets, without pollination taking place. [4]
The genus can be characterized by having a long ovipositor, non-metallic coloration, a square mesoscutellum, and a long propodeum. [5]
The described species include: [2]
Sycophaga | |
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Sycophaga sp., adult females on F. sur | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Pteromalidae |
Subfamily: | Sycophaginae |
Genus: |
Sycophaga Westwood, 1840 |
Type species | |
Sycophaga sycomori (
Linnaeus, 1758)
| |
Species | |
See text |
Sycophaga is a mainly Afrotropical genus of fig wasps that live on the section Sycomorus of the monoecious [1] fig subgenus, Sycomorus, [2] and one of several fig wasp genera to exploit its mutualism with Ceratosolen wasps. [3]
They enter the fig during the receptive phase of development, and oviposit inside the short-style flowers. This induces the growth of endosperm tissue and the enlargement and ripening of the syconium which holds the wasp-bearing drupelets, without pollination taking place. [4]
The genus can be characterized by having a long ovipositor, non-metallic coloration, a square mesoscutellum, and a long propodeum. [5]
The described species include: [2]