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Sycophaga
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.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sycophaga sycomori
speciesSycophaga sycomori
Sycophaga testacea
speciesSycophaga testacea
Sycophaga gigas
speciesSycophaga gigas
Sycophaga agraensis
speciesSycophaga agraensis
Sycophaga cyclostigma
speciesSycophaga cyclostigma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 643639.