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Pegoscapus astomus (Grandi)

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

Blastophaga astomus Grandi 1920. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality: Costa Rica

Distribution

Costa Rica

Biology

Host fig: Ficus crassiuscula Warb. but also recorded by Ramirez from Ficus torresiana Standley.

References

Grandi, G. Descrizione di una nuova Blastophaga a aschi completamente astomi e di una nuova Julianella di Costarica. Boll. Lab. Zool. Portici 14, 251-264 (1920).

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