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Ceratosolen cornutus Wiebes

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

Ceratosolen (Rothropus) cornutus Wiebes 1994. Holotype in National Natural History Museum, Leiden. Type locality: Philippines

Distribution

Japan, Philippines

Biology

Host fig: Ficus benguetensis Merr.

References

Wiebes, J.T.-Agaonidae (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea and Ficus (Moraceae): fig wasps and their figs, xiii. (Ceratosolen & addenda). Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet. 97, 123-136 (1994).

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