Kradibia gestroi afrum (Wiebes)

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

Liporrhopalum gestroi afrum Wiebes 1969. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality:

Distribution

Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

Host: Ficus capreifolia Delile 

Host: Ficus exasperata Vahl 

Host: Ficus asperifolia Miq. 

Host: Ficus pygmaea Hiern

References

Wiebes, J.T. 1969. Contributions à la connaissance de la faune entomologique de la Côte-d'Ivoire (J. Decelle, 1961-1964). XLVII - Hymenoptera Agaonidae with an introductory chapter on west African fig wasps. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Série in 8ø) Sciences Zoologique. 175:449-464.

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