Distribution
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Cosmopolitan. Originally from Oriental region, but has
spread worldwide wherever the host fig has been introduced and
established. |
Biology
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Host
fig:
Ficus
microcarpa. |
References
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van Noort, S. & Rasplus, J.Y. 2010.
Order Hymenoptera,
Chalcidoidea associated with figs (families Agaonidae & Pteromalidae).
In: A. van Harten (ed.) Arthropod fauna of UAE 3, pp
325-355.
van Noort, S., Wang, R. & Compton, S.G. 2013.
Fig wasps (Hymenoptera; Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae,
Pteromalidae) associated with Asian fig trees (Ficus,
Moraceae) in Southern Africa: Asian followers and African
colonists. African Invertebrates
54:
381–400.
Wang R,
Aylwin R, Barwell L, Chen X-Y, Chen Y, Chou L-S, Cobb J, Collette D, Craine L, Giblin-Davis RM, Ghana S, Harper M, Harrison RD, McPherson JR, Peng YQ, Pereira RAS, Reyes-Betancort A, Rodriguez LJV, Strange E, van
Noort S, Yang H-W, Yu H, Compton SG. 2015.
The fig wasp followers and
colonists of a widely introduced fig tree, Ficus microcarpa.
Insect Conservation and Diversity doi: 10.1111/icad.12111
Waterston,
J. 1921. On some Bornean fig-insects (Agaonidae - Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea). Bulletin
of Entomological Research 12: 35-40.
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Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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