Nigeriella avicola Wiebes

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

Nigeriella avicola Wiebes 1975. Holotype in The National Natural History Museum, The Netherlands. Type locality: Aldabra Island

Mandible and mandibular appendage. 

Distribution

Aldabra Island, Réunion (but probably also present in other areas (lighter colour) of the host fig Distribution: Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comores islands)

Biology

References

Wiebes J.T. 1975. Fig insects from Aldabra (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Entomologiske Meddelelser. 49(16):225-236.

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