(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Platyscapa)
Platyscapa awekei Wiebes 1977. Holotype in National Natural History Museum, Leiden. Type locality: Ethiopa
Male habitus.
Male dorsal view.
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
Host fig: Ficus salicifolia Vahl
Wiebes J.T. 1977. Agaonid fig wasp from Ficus salicifolia Vahl and some related species of the genus Platyscapa Motschoulsky (Hym., Chalc.). Neth. J. Zool. 27:209–223.
Next genus: Pleistodontes Next species: Platyscapa bergi
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