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Courtella wardi Compton

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

Courtella wardi Compton 1990. Holotype in S. Compton Collection, England. Type locality: South Africa

Distribution

 

 

Distribution_of_Courtella_wardi

South Africa, but probably present throughout the range of the host figs (lighter green area)

Biology

Host fig: Ficus tremula tremula

References

Compton, S.G. 1990. A collapse of host specificity in some African fig wasps. South African Journal of Science, 86: 39-40.

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