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Blastophaga Gravenhorst

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

Blastophaga Gravenhorst 1829

Classification

 

Blastophaga auratae Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga borneana Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga breviventris Mayr,1885  

 

Blastophaga compacta Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga confusa Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga distinguenda Grandi,1916  

 

Blastophaga esquirolianae Chen & Chou,1997

 

Blastophaga filippina Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga glabellae Hoffmeyer,1932  

 

Blastophaga inopinata Grandi,1926  

 

Blastophaga intermedia Grandi,1926  

 

Blastophaga javana Mayr,1885  

 

Blastophaga macilentae Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga malayana Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga medusa Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga modesta Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga nipponica Grandi,1921  

 

Blastophaga pedunculosae Chen & Chou,1997

Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus,1758) 

 

Blastophaga mayeri Mayr,1885  

 

Blastophaga puncticeps Mayr,1906  

 

Blastophaga quadrupes Mayr,1885  

 

Blastophaga sensillata Wiebes,1993  

 

Blastophaga silvestriana Grandi,1929  

 

Blastophaga taiwanensis Chen & Chou,1997

 

Blastophaga tannoensis Chen & Chou,1997

 

Blastophaga yeni Chen & Chou,1997  

Distribution

France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan Turkey, U.S.A., Ukraine, USSR-Central Asia

Biology

Hosts: Ficus boninsimae, Ficus carica, Ficus erecta, Ficus esquiroliana, Ficus formosana, Ficus idaiana, Ficus pedunculosa, Ficus ruficaulis, Ficus tannoensis, Ficus vaccinioides, Moraceae (caprifigs)

References

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1829. Disuisito de Cynipe psene auctorum et descriptio Blastophagae, novi Hymenopterorum generis. Beiträge zur Entomologie, besonders in Bezug auf die schlesische Fauna. 1:27-33.

Credits

Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus

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