Sycophila Walker (associated with figs)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eurytomidae)

Sycophila Walker, 1871: 63. Type species: Sycophila decatomoides Walker 1871. by subsequent designation of Ashmead, 1904: 238.
Phytomyza Rondani, 1872: 205. Original description. Type species Tineomyza pistacina Rondani by original designation, synonymy by Bouček, 1974: 267.
Isanisa Walker, 1875: 15. Type species Sycophila decatomoides Walker, 1871, by monotypy, synonymy by Dalla Torre, 1898: 319.
Pseudisa Walker, 1875: 15. Type species Pseudisa smicroides Walker, 1875, by monotypy, synonymy by Dalla Torre, 1898: 319.
Eudecatoma Ashmead, 1888: 42, 43. Type species Decatoma batatoides Ashmead, 1888 by subsequent designation of Ashmead, 1894: 319, synonymy by Bouček, 1974: 267.
Decatomidea Ashmead, 1888: 42–43. Type species Decatomidea xanthochroa Ashmead, 1888 by subsequent designation of Ashmead, 1894: 322, synonymy with Eudecatoma by Peck, 1951: 582.

Sycophila (Sycophila) decatomoides Walker,1871

Sycophila (Sycophila) fici (Joseph,1961)

Sycophila (Sycophila) karnatakensis (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)

Sycophila (Sycophila) kestraneura (Masi, 1917)

Sycophila (Sycophila) petiolata Chen,1999  

Sycophila (Tineomyza) curta Chen,1999

Sycophila (Tineomyza) dharwarensis (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)

Sycophila (Tineomyza) maculifacies Chen, 1999  

Sycophila (Tineomyza) pilosa (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)

Sycophila (Tineomyza) ruandensis Risbec, 1957

Sycophila (Tineomyza) risbeci Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024

Sycophila (Tineomyza) robusta (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)

Sycophila (Tineomyza) sessilis Bouček, 1981

Sycophila (Tineomyza) setulosa Zerova, 2009 (Yemen)

Sycophila (Tineomyza) wiebesi Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024

Sycophila (Tineomyza) zebrogastra Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024

Unassigned to subgenus - requires examination of type specimens

Sycophila benghalensis (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)

Sycophila persephone (Girault,1927)  

Sycophila sidnica (Girault,1927)  

Sycophila simplicistigma (Walsh, 1870)

Sycophila taprobanica (Westwood, 1882)  

Sycophila yemeni Zerova, 2009 (Yemen)

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Host:

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA) or Photographs © Alan Manson (Pietermaritzburg).

References

Lotfalizadeh H, Delvare G, Cruaud A & Rasplus JY. 2024. Morphological phylogeny and revision of Sycophila and Ficomila (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) associated with Afrotropical fig trees (Moraceae, Ficus). Zootaxa 5401: (1): 001–190. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5401.1.1

Next genus: Ormyrus (Ormyridae)

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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