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Ceratosolen galili Wiebes

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

Ceratosolen galili Wiebes 1964. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality: Eritrea

Distribution

Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Ethiopa, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda

Biology

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

References

Wiebes, J.T.-Fig wasps from Israeli Ficus sycomorus and related East African species (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) 1. Agaonidae. Ent. Ber. Amst. 24, 187-191 (1964).

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