(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Blastophaga)
Cynips psenes Linnaeus 1758. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality: unknown
Ethiopia, India, Nepal
Palaearctic region; introduced to Afrotropical, Neartic, Oriental and Australasian regions
Host: Ficus carica L.
Next genus: Ceratosolen Next species: Blastophaga puncticeps
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