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Blastophaga medusa Wiebes

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Blastophaga)

Blastophaga (Valisia) medusa Wiebes 1993. Holotype in National History Museum, Leiden. Type locality: Singapore

Distribution

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Malaysia (Singapore)

Biology

 Host fig: Ficus chartacea Wall.

References

Wiebes JT. 1993. Agaonidae (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea) and Ficus (Moraceae): fig wasps and their figs, XI (Blastophaga) s.l. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C 96:347–367.

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