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Courtella gabonensis Wiebes

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

Courtella gabonensis Wiebes 1985 (in Michaloud, Michaloud-Pelletier, Wiebes &  Berg). Holotype in National Natural History Museum, Leiden. Type locality: Gabon

Distribution

 

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Ivory Coast, Gabon

Biology

 Host fig: Ficus ottonifolia ottonifolia (Miq.) Miq.

References

Michaloud G., S. Michaloud-Pelletier, J.T. Wiebes & C.C. Berg, 1985. The co-occurrence of two pollinating species of fig wasp and one species of fig. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, ©, 88: 93-119.

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