(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Nigeriella)
Nigeriella excavata Compton 1990. Holotype in Campton Collection, England. Type locality: Cameroon
Male habitus.
Male dorsal view.
Female mandible and mandibular appendage.
South Africa, but probably present throughout the range of the host fig (lighter colour)
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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