Sycophaga testacea (Motschulsky)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Pteromalidae; Subfamily: Sycophaginae, Genus: Sycophaga)

Platyneura testacea Motschulsky, 1863. Lectotype: in Zoologica Museum, Moscow University, Moscow. Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Distribution

Sri Lanka.

Biology

Host fig: unknown.

Reference

Bouček, Z. 1993. The genera of Chalcidoid wasps from Ficus fruit in the New World. Journal of Natural History, 27: 173-217.

Credits

Next genus: Pseudidarnes                       Next species: Idarnes testaceipes

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

Citation: van Noort, S. & Rasplus, JY. 2024. Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. URL: www.figweb.org(Accessed on <day-month-year>).

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