Sycophila Walker, 1871
(a genus of chalcid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Sycophila biguttata
a chalcid wasp
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Sycophila binotata
a eurytomid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSycophila (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyEURYTOMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyEURYTOMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Claridge, M.F. 1959 A contribution to the biology and taxonomy of the British species of the genus Eudecatoma Ashmead (=Decatoma auctt. nec Spinola) (Hym., Eurytomidae) Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 13 (9): 149-168.

Sycophila (a genus of chalcid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sycophila (a genus of chalcid wasps)
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