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Paragaon josephi Joseph

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

Paragaon josephi Wiebes 1986. Holotype in NCB Naturalis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - RMNH). Type locality: Gabon

Distribution

 

 

Paragaon josephi_map

Gabon

Biology

Host: Ficus louisii Bout. & Léon

References

Wiebes J.T., 1986. Agaonidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) and Ficus (Moraceae): fig wasps and their figs, I. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlanse Akademie van Wetenschappen C, 89: 335-355.

Credits

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