Sycophila

Sycophila is a genus of wasp in the family Eurytomidae that associates with figs^[1] and galls of various insects such as gall wasps and gall midges.^[2] 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.^[3] Sycophila has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Sycophila
Sycophila biguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eurytomidae
Subfamily:	Eurytominae
Genus:	Sycophila Walker, 1871
Type species
Sycophila decatomoides Walker, 1871
Species
See text

Species

There are currently around 120 described species.^[4][5]