Ceratosolen_capensis

Ceratosolen capensis Grandi

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

Ceratosolen capensis Grandi 1955. Holotype Type locality: South Africa


Female emerging from her natal gall.

Distribution	Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, but likely to be present in other southern and eastern areas of the host fig Distribution (lighter colour). In the western areas of the host Distribution different pollinators are present: Ceratosolen flabellatus and Ceratosolen silvestrianus
Biology	Host fig: Ficus sur Forssk.
References	Grandi G. 1955. Insetti dei fichi (Hymenoptera-Chalcididae) dell’Africa australe. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Bologna, 21: 85-106.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum) or © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria).
Next genus: Courtella Next species: Ceratosolen coecus

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

Citation: van Noort, S. & Rasplus, JY. 2024. Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. URL: www.figweb.org(Accessed on <day-month-year>).