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Sycophila
Sign in to saveSycophila is a genus of wasps in the family Eurytomidae. Species of the genus associate with figs and galls of various insects such as gall wasps and gall midges. It can be distinguished from other eurytomid genera by the elongate petiole, the gaster often being laterally compressed, and the forewing having a broadened marginal vein and dark brown maculae. Sycophila has a cosmopolitan distribution.
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It sits within the topics Eurytomidae, Hymenoptera genera and Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist).
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 575
- With media
- 63
- Family
- Eurytomidae
- Collections
- YPM, UNM, INHS, ABS
- Recorded in
- United States
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eurytomidae
- Image
- Britishentomologyvolume3Plate345.jpg
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- taxon name
- Sycophila
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- genus
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- Category:Sycophila
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- Sycophila
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Sycophila is a genus of wasps in the family Eurytomidae. Species of the genus associate with figs and galls of various insects such as gall wasps and gall midges. It can be distinguished from other eurytomid genera by the elongate petiole, the gaster often being laterally compressed, and the forewing having a broadened marginal vein and dark brown maculae. Sycophila has a cosmopolitan distribution.
==Species== There are currently around 120 described species.
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