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1A
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Head distinctly longer than wide (almost 1.5X). Antennal
scape with an apical projection. Mandibular appendage with 35-40
hook-like ridges and fine crenulations ...2 |
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1B
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Head approximately as long as wide (0.95-1.1X). Antennal scape
without an apical projection. Mandibular appendage with 15-20 hook-like
ridges ...3 |
|
2A
|
Longitudinal diameter of the eye 1.3X the length of the
cheek. Apical projection of the antennal scape wide; the pedicel rather
slender: almost 3X as long as wide. Mandibular appendage with about 40
ridges, ex F. n. natalensis
...A. natalensis
Wiebes |
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2B
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Longitudinal diameter of the eye 1.5X the length of the
cheek. Apical projection of the antennal scape narrower; the pedicel
wider: about twice as long as wide. Mandibular appendage with about 35
ridges, ex F. n. natalensis & F. thonningii
... A. longiscapa
Joseph |
|
3A
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Lateral ocelli present
...4 |
|
4A
|
Longitudinal diameter of the eye 2-3X the length of the
cheek ...5 |
|
4B
|
Longitudinal diameter of the eye 5X the length of the
cheek. Mandibular appendage with about 17 ridges, ex F. nigropunctata
...A.
bergi
Wiebes |
|
5A
|
Longitudinal diameter of the eye twice the length of the
cheek. Mandibular appendage with 20 ridges, ex F. thonningii
...A. brongersmai
Wiebes |
|
5B
|
Longitudinal diameter of the eye 2.7-3X the length of the
cheek. Mandibular appendage with 14-17 ridges ... 6 |
|
6A
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Mandible with 4-5 transverse lamellae; mandibular
appendage with 14-15 ridges, ex F. stuhlmannii and F. petersii
...A. binghami
Wiebes |
|
6B
|
Mandible with 6-7 transverse lamellae; mandibular
appendage with 16-17 ridges, ex F. craterostoma (Southern African
population) ...A. pipithiensis Erasmus, van
Noort, Jousselin & Greeff |
|
7A
|
Mandibular appendage with about 15-18 hook-like ridges
consisting of one tooth, ex F. natalensis leprieurii & F.
kamerunensis ...
A. fimbriata
Waterston |
|
7B
|
Mandibular appendage with more than one tooth (or
crenulation) in the 18 ridges, ex F. craterostoma (West African
popuation) & F. l. lingua
... A. michaloudi
Wiebes |
|
1A
|
Antennal scape slender
...2 |
|
1B
|
Antennal scape robust
...5
|
|
|
|
|
2A
|
Head quadrate, as wide as long, ex
F. nigropunctata ...A.
bergi
Wiebes |
|
2B
|
Head longer than wide
...3 |
|
3A
|
Head 1.15X longer than wide, ex F.
natalensis leprieurii & F. kamerunensis ...A.
fimbriata Waterston |
|
3B
|
Head 1.25X longer than wide
... 4 |
|
4A
|
Lateral sulcus on head complete, extending from eye to
vertex; no fovea on posterior eye margin;
mandibles elongate 3.5X onger than medial width, inner margin smooth;
posterior extensions sharp, ex
F. stuhlmannii and F. petersii (South
Africa) ...A.
binghami
Wiebes |
|
4B
|
Lateral sulcus on head incomplete,
only extending a third of the distance to vertex;
strong fovea situated on posterior eye margin;
mandibles squatter, twice maximum
width, inner margin basally with blunt tooth; posterior extensions
blunt, ex F.
craterostoma & F. petersii (Zambia)
...A. pipithiensis
Erasmus, van Noort, Jousselin & Greeff |
|
5A
|
Head 1.15X as
long as wide, almost as broad (0.90×)
anteriorly as posteriorly, ex
F. thonningii ...A. brongersmai
Wiebes |
|
5B
|
Head 1.25X as long as wide,
narrows anteriorly
(width across eyes 0.75–0.80×
posterior head width) ... 6 |
|
6B
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ex F. n. natalensis & F.
thonningii
...7 |
|
7A
|
Dorsal edge of the hind tibia with
less than fifteen conical spines, ex F. n. natalensis & F.
thonningii ...
A. longiscapa
Joseph |
|
7B
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Dorsal edge of the hind tibia with
more than fifteen conical spines, ex F. “natalensis” ...
A. natalensis
Wiebes |
References
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Erasmus J.C., van Noort,
S., Jousselin E.,& Greeff, J.M. 2007. Molecular
phylogeny of fig wasp pollinators (Agaonidae; Hymenoptera) in Ficus
section Galoglychia. Zoologica
Scripta
36: 61-78.
Waterston,
J. 1920. A new blastophagine genus and species from E. Africa (Hymenoptera -
Chalcidoidea). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3). 56:197-200.
Wiebes J.T., 1988. Agaonidae
(Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea) and Ficus (Moraceae): fig wasps and their
figs, II. (Alfonsiella). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse
Akademie van Wetenschappen, 91: 429-436.
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Credits
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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