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Ceratosolen arabicus Mayr

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

Ceratosolen arabicus Mayr 1906. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality: Ethiopa

Synonyms: Ceratosolen myersi Grandi 1955, Ceratosolen longicornis Joseph 1959, Ceratosolen aelleni Grandi 1964

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Distribution

 

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Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Madagascar, but likely to be present throughout the rest of the host fig distribution (lighter colour).

Biology

Host figs: Ficus sycomorus sycomorus (L.); Ficus sycomorus gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C.C. Berg and Ficus mucuso Ficalho

References

Mayr, G. 1906. Neue Feigen-Insekten. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 25:153-187.

Credits

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