Poole, Karen E.
Sycophaga
Sign in to saveSycophaga is a mainly Afrotropical genus of fig wasps that live on the section Sycomorus of the monoecious fig subgenus, Sycomorus, and one of several fig wasp genera to exploit its mutualism with Ceratosolen wasps.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Agaonidae
- Collections
- SAM
- Recorded in
- Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Uganda
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Sycophaga is a mainly Afrotropical genus of fig wasps that live on the section Sycomorus of the monoecious fig subgenus, Sycomorus, and one of several fig wasp genera to exploit its mutualism with Ceratosolen wasps.
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.
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