Two new fig wasp species of genus Sycoscapter Saunders, 1883 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) with a key to species of the genus from India

Two new species of non-pollinating fig wasp genus Sycoscapter Saunders, 1883 namely Sycoscapter benghalensis Pramanik ＆ Dey, sp. nov. collected from Ficus benghalensis and S. benjaminae Pramanik ＆ Dey, sp. nov. collected from F. benjamina are described and illustrated. A diagnostic key is presented...

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Published inTAIWANIA Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 139 - 148
Main Authors Achintya PRAMANIK, Debjani DEY
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published 台灣 國立臺灣大學生命科學院 01.06.2019
Subjects
F. benjamina
Ficus benghalensis
India
Non-pollinating fig wasp
SCIE
Scopus
Sycoryctinae
Sycoryctini
Taxonomy
TSCI
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ISSN0372-333X

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Summary:Two new species of non-pollinating fig wasp genus Sycoscapter Saunders, 1883 namely Sycoscapter benghalensis Pramanik ＆ Dey, sp. nov. collected from Ficus benghalensis and S. benjaminae Pramanik ＆ Dey, sp. nov. collected from F. benjamina are described and illustrated. A diagnostic key is presented to distinguish both sexes of 11 known Sycoscapter species reported from India including the new species. Further the affinity of males and females of Sycoscapter species to closely related genera of subfamily Sycoryctinae is also discussed.
ISSN:0372-333X