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Platyscapa fischeri Wiebes

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

Platyscapa corneri Wiebes 1977. Holotype female in National Natural History Museum, Leiden. Type locality: Philippines

Distribution

Japan, Philippines

Biology

Host fig: Ficus caulocarpa Miq.

References

Wiebes JT. 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.

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