Catalogue of Afrotropical fig wasps

The catalogue includes species of fig wasp that have been recorded from the Afrotropical Region (defined as Africa south of the Sahara and including Madagascar and surrounding islands).The cited Distribution refers to current records for the wasps. In most cases this is only a partial representation of the probable total Distribution, since the known Distribution of the host fig trees is far more widespread.

Family: AGAONIDAE

• Genus Blastophaga Gravenhorst 1829

  • Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus)

  • Cynips psenes Linnaeus 1758

  • Host: Ficus palmata Forsskål (Ethiopia)

  • Host: Ficus carica L. (South Africa, introduced)

• Genus Kradibia Saunders 1883

  • Kradibia gestroi afrum (Wiebes)

  • Liporrhopalum gestroi afrum Wiebes 1969

  • Host: Ficus capreifolia Delile (Ethiopia, South Africa)

  • Host: Ficus exasperata Vahl (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

  • Host: Ficus asperifolia Miq. (Ghana, Togo, Cameroun, Gabon)

  • Host: Ficus pygmaea Hiern (Zambia)

  • Kradibia hilli Wiebes

  • Kradibia hilli Wiebes 1978

  • Host: Ficus asperifolia Miq. (variety "urceolaris") (Uganda, Tanzania)

  • Kradibia cowani Saunders

  • Kradibia cowani Saunders 1883

  • Host: Ficus brachyclada Baker (Madagascar)

  • Kradibia saundersi Wiebes

  • Kradibia saundersi Wiebes 1990

  • Host: Ficus politoria Lam. (Madagascar)

  • Kradibia etiennei Wiebes

  • Kradibia etiennei Wiebes 1990

  • Host: Ficus lateriflora Vahl (Réunion)

• Genus Ceratosolen Mayr 1885 [Synonym: Sycocrypta Coquerel 1855]

  • Ceratosolen arabicus Mayr

  • Ceratosolen arabicus Mayr 1906

  • Ceratosolen myersi Grandi 1955

  • Ceratosolen longicornis Joseph 1959

  • Ceratosolen aelleni Grandi 1964

  • Host: Ficus sycomorus sycomorus (L.) (Afrotropical)

  • Host: Ficus sycomorus gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C.C. Berg (Afrotropical)

  • Host: Ficus mucuso Ficalho (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Uganda)

  • Ceratosolen stupefacatus Wiebes

  • Ceratosolen stupefacatus Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus tiliifolia Baker (Madagascar)

  • Ceratosolen namorokensis Risbec

  • Ceratosolen namorokensis Risbec 1956

  • Host: Ficus sakalavarum (L.) (Madagascar)

  • Ceratosolen acutatus Mayr

  • Ceratosolen acutatus Mayr 1906

  • Host: Ficus vogeliana (Miq.) Miq. (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Nigeria)

  • Ceratosolen capensis Grandi

  • Ceratosolen capensis Grandi 1955

  • Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

  • Ceratosolen flabellatus Grandi

  • Ceratosolen flabellatus Grandi 1916

  • Ceratosolen dagatiguyi Risbec 1951

  • Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya)

  • Ceratosolen silvestrianus Grandi

  • Ceratosolen silvestrianus Grandi 1916

  • Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)

  • Ceratosolen galili Wiebes

  • Ceratosolen galili Wiebes 1964

  • Host: Ficus sycomorus (L.) (Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)

  • Host: Ficus mucuso Ficalho (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda)

  • Ceratosolen coecus (Coquerel)

  • Sycocrypta coecus Coquerel 1855

  • Ceratosolen emmerezi Grandi 1924

  • Host: Ficus mauritiana Lam. (Réunion, Mauritius)

  • Ceratosolen blommersi Wiebes

  • Ceratosolen blommersi Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus botryoides Baker (Madagascar)

  • Ceratosolen longimucro Wiebes

  • Ceratosolen longimucro Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus polyphlebia Baker (Madagascar)

  • Ceratosolen megacephalus Grandi

  • Ceratosolen megacephalus Grandi 1917

  • Ceratosolen carayoni Grandi 1963

  • Host: Ficus vallis-choudae Delile (Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi)

• Genus Dolichoris Hill 1967

  • Dolichorus flabellata Wiebes

  • Dolichoris flabellata Wiebes 1979

  • Host: Ficus dicranostyla Mildbr. (Zambia)

  • Host: Ficus variifolia Warb. (Gabon)

• Genus Platyscapa Motschoulsky 1864

  • Platyscapa awekei Wiebes

  • Platyscapa awekei Wiebes 1977

  • Host: Ficus salicifolia Vahl (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa)

  • Platyscapa binghami Wiebes

  • Platyscapa binghami Wiebes 1980

  • Host: Ficus verruculosa Warb. (Zambia, South Africa)

  • Platyscapa etiennei Wiebes

  • Platyscapa etiennei Wiebes 1977

  • Host: Ficus densifolia Miq. (Réunion)

  • Platyscapa desertorum Compton

  • Platyscapa desertorum Compton 1990

  • Host: Ficus cordata cordata Thunb. (South Africa, Namibia)

  • Platyscapa bergi Wiebes

  • Platyscapa bergi Wiebes 1986

  • Host: Ficus menabeensis Perrier (Madagascar)

  • Platyscapa soraria Wiebes

  • Platyscapa soraria Wiebes 1980

  • Host: Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. (Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Genus Allotriozoon Grandi 1916

  • Allotriozoon prodigiosum Grandi

  • Allotriozoon prodigiosum Grandi 1916

  • Host: Ficus saussureana DC. (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

  • Allotriozoon nigeriense Wiebes

  • Allotriozoon nigeriense Wiebes 1974

  • Host: Ficus chlamydocarpa chlamydocarpa (Cameroon, Nigeria)

  • Allotriozoon heterandromorphum Grandi

  • Allotriozoon heterandromorphum Grandi 1916

  • Allotriozoon seychellense Masi 1917

  • Blastophaga wanei Risbec 1951

  • Blastophaga dakarensis Risbec 1954

  • Host: Ficus lutea Vahl (Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Swaziland, Comores Is., Seychelles Is., Aldabra Is., Madagascar)

• Genus Elisabethiella Grandi 1928

  • Elisabethiella articulata (Joseph)

  • Blastophaga articulata Joseph 1959

  • Host: Ficus elasticoides Wild. (Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast)

  • Elisabethiella hilli Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella hilli Wiebes 1989

  • Host: unknown (Uganda)

  • Elisabethiella platyscapa Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella platyscapa Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus fischeri Mildbr. & Burr. (Zambia)

  • Elisabethiella bergi bergi Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella bergi bergi Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus trichopoda Baker (Ivory Coast)

  • Elisabethiella bergi breviceps Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella bergi breviceps Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus trichopoda Baker (Madagascar, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa)

  • Elisabethiella pectinata (Joseph)

  • Blastophaga pectinata Joseph 1959

  • Host: Ficus calyptrata Vahl (Guinea, Ivory Coast)

  • Elisabethiella longiscapa Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella longiscapa Wiebes 1986

  • Host: Ficus burretiana Hutch. (Gabon)

  • Elisabethiella baijnaithi Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella baijnaithi Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus burtt-davyi Hutch. (South Africa)

  • Elisabethiella enriquesi (Grandi)

  • Blastophaga enriquesi Grandi 1916

  • Host: Ficus ilicina (Sonder) Miq. (Angola, Namibia, South Africa)

  • Elisabethiella stuckenbergi (Grandi)

  • Blastophaga stuckenbergi Grandi 1955

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Cameroon, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa)

  • Host: Ficus natalensis natalensis Hochst. (South Africa)

  • Host: Ficus natalensis graniticola (Zimbabwe)

  • Host: Ficus psilopoga Ficalho (Zambia)

  • Host: Ficus lingua depauperata (Sim) C.C. Berg (South Africa)

  • Elisabethiella glumosae Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella glumosae Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus glumosa Del. (Guinea, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

  • Elisabethiella comptoni Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella comptoni Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq. (Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa)

  • Elisabethiella reflexa Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella reflexa Wiebes 1975

  • Host: Ficus reflexa reflexa Thunb. (Réunion, Madagascar)

  • Host: Ficus reflexa aldabrensis (Baker) C.C. Berg (Aldabra Island)

  • Elisabethiella socotrensis (Mayr)

  • Blastophaga socotrensis Mayr 1885

  • Blastophaga dyscritus Waterston 1921

  • Host: Ficus vasta Forsskål (Socotra, Ethiopia)

  • Host: Ficus wakefieldii Hutch. (Kenya, Zambia)

  • Host: Ficus natalensis natalensis Hochst. (South Africa)

  • Host: Ficus natalensis graniticola (Zimbabwe)

  • Also known from Uganda.

  • Elisabethiella allotriozoonoides (Grandi)

  • Blastophaga allotriozoonoides Grandi 1916

  • Host: Ficus "natalensis" (Uganda, Eritrea)

• Genus Nigeriella Wiebes 1974

  • Nigeriella excavata Compton

  • Nigeriella excavata Compton 1990

  • Host: Ficus tettensis Hutch. (South Africa)

  • Nigeriella fusciceps Wiebes

  • Nigeriella fusciceps Wiebes 1974

  • Host: Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq. (Nigeria)

  • Nigeriella avicola Wiebes

  • Nigeriella avicola Wiebes 1975

  • Host: Ficus rubra Vahl (Aldabra Island, Réunion)

  • Nigeriella letouzeyi Wiebes

  • Nigeriella letouzeyi Wiebes 1974

  • Host: Ficus pseudomangifera Hutch. (Cameroon, Gabon)

  • Nigeriella scindura van Noort

    • Nigeriella scindura van Noort 2006

      • Host: unknown, collected at light (Yemen)

• Genus Alfonsiella Waterston 1920

  • Alfonsiella binghami Wiebes

  • Alfonsiella binghami Wiebes 1988

  • Host: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb. (Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa)

  • Host: Ficus petersii (South Africa)

  • Alfonsiella bergi Wiebes

  • Alfonsiella bergi Wiebes 1988

  • Host: Ficus nigropunctata Mildbr. & Burret (Zambia)

  • Alfonsiella fimbriata Waterston

  • Alfonsiella fimbriata Waterston 1920

  • Host: Ficus natalensis leprieurii (Miq.) Berg (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon)

  • Host: Ficus kamerunensis Mildbr. & Burret (Ivory Coast, Gabon)

  • Also recorded from Tanzania, Uganda & Guinea.

  • Alfonsiella michaloudi Wiebes

  • Alfonsiella michaloudi Wiebes 1988

  • Host: Ficus lingua lingua De Wild. & Durand (Gabon)

  • Host: Ficus craterostoma Mildbr. & Burret (Gabon)

  • Alfonsiella brongersmai Wiebes

  • Alfonsiella brongersmai Wiebes 1972

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya)

  • Also recorded from Nigeria (at light)

  • Alfonsiella longiscapa Joseph

  • Alfonsiella longiscapa Joseph 1959

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia)

  • Host: Ficus natalensis natalensis Hochst. (Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa)

  • Also recorded from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria.

  • Alfonsiella natalensis Wiebes

  • Alfonsiella natalensis Wiebes 1972

  • Host: Ficus "natalensis" (Uganda, Kenya)

  • Alfonsiella pipithiensis Erasmus, van Noort, Jousselin & Greeff.

    • Alfonsiella pipithiensis Erasmus, van Noort, Jousselin & Greeff 2007.

      • Host: Ficus craterostoma Mildbr. & Burret (South Africa)

• Genus Paragaon Joseph 1959

  • Paragaon perplexum Joseph

  • Paragaon perplexum Joseph 1959

  • Recorded from Guinea (Berlese trap) & Nigeria (light trap)

  • Paragaon josephi Wiebes

  • Paragaon josephi Wiebes 1986

  • Host: Ficus louisii Bout. & Léon (Gabon)

• Genus Agaon Dalman 1818

  • Agaon megalopon Wiebes

  • Agaon megalopon Wiebes 1976

  • Host: Ficus ardisioides camptoneura (Mildbr.) Berg (Nigeria)

  • Agaon kiellandi Wiebes

  • Agaon kiellandi Wiebes 1974

  • Host: Ficus conraui Warb. (Cameroon, Gabon)

  • Host: Ficus cyathistipula pringsheimiana (Braun & Schum.) Berg (Gabon)

  • Host: Ficus densistipulata De Wild. (Gabon)

  • Described from an unidentified Ficus sp. (Tanzania)

  • Agaon taiense Wiebes

  • Agaon taiense Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus tesselata Warb. (Liberia)

  • Agaon cicatriferens cicatriferens Wiebes

  • Agaon cicatriferens cicatriferens Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus sagittifolia Mildbr. & Burret (Ivory Coast)

  • Agaon cicatriferens multum Wiebes

  • Agaon cicatriferens multum Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus subsagittifolia Berg (Gabon)

  • Agaon gabonense Wiebes

  • Agaon gabonense Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus wildemaniana Warb. (Gabon)

  • Agaon spatulatum Wiebes

  • Agaon spatulatum Wiebes 1968

  • Host: Ficus lyrata Warb. (Ivory Coast)

  • Also recorded from Nigeria & Democratic Republic of Congo (at light)

  • Agaon fasciatum Waterston

  • Agaon fasciatum Waterston 1914

  • Agaon tridentatum Joseph 1959

  • Host: Ficus cyathistipula cyathistipula Warb. (Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Zambia)

  • Also recorded from Guinea (Berlese trap)

  • Agaon paradoxum Dalman

  • Agaon paradoxum Dalman 1818

  • Blastophaga villiersi Risbec 1954

  • Host: Ficus barteri Sparague (Gabon)

  • Described from Sierra Leone. Also recorded from Senegal & Ivory Coast (at light)

  • Agaon acutatum Wiebes

  • Agaon acutatum Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus subcostata De Wild. (Gabon)

  • Agaon obtusum Wiebes

  • Agaon obtusum Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus cyathistipuloides De Wild. (Ivory Coast)

  • Agaon baliolum Wiebes

  • Agaon baliolum Wiebes 1974

  • Host: (Ficus winkleri Mildbr. & Burret) = Ficus tesselata Warb. (Nigeria)

• Genus Courtella Kieffer 1911

  • Courtella hamifera hamifera Kieffer

  • Courtella hamifera hamifera Kieffer 1911

  • Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon)

  • Courtella hamifera modesta (Wiebes)

  • Agaon paradoxum modestum Wiebes 1961

  • Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Uganda)

  • Courtella bekiliensis bekiliensis (Risbec)

  • Pleistodontes bekiliensis Risbec 1956

  • Host: Ficus polita polita Vahl (Madagascar)

  • Courtella bekiliensis bispinosa (Wiebes)

  • Agaon bispinosum Wiebes 1969

  • Host: Ficus polita polita Vahl (Senegal, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa)

  • Courtella malawi Wiebes

  • Courtella malawi Wiebes 1990

  • Host: Ficus chirindensis Berg (Malawi)

  • Courtella gabonensis Wiebes

  • Courtella gabonensis Wiebes 1985

  • Host: Ficus ottonifolia ottonifolia (Miq.) Miq. (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gabon)

  • Courtella armata (Wiebes)

  • Agaon armata Wiebes 1974

  • Host: Ficus sansibarica sansibarica Warb. (Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

  • Host: Ficus sansibarica macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burret) Berg (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Zambia)

  • Courtella camerunensis (Wiebes)

  • Agaon camerunensis Wiebes 1974

  • Host: Ficus ottonifolia ottonifolia (Miq.) Miq. (Cameroon, Gabon)

  • Host: Ficus ottonifolia macrosyce Berg (Zambia)

  • Host: Ficus ottonifolia ulugurensis (Mildbr. & Burret) Berg (Kenya)

  • Courtella scobinifera (Waterston)

  • Agaon scobinifera Waterston 1920

  • Host: Ficus ottonifolia lucanda (Ficalho) Berg (Uganda)

  • Courtella sylviae Wiebes

  • Courtella sylviae Wiebes 1986

  • Host: Ficus dryepondtiana De Wild. (Gabon)

  • Courtella penicula (Wiebes)

  • Agaon peniculum Wiebes 1974

  • Host: Ficus artocarpoides Warb. (Ivory Coast, Gabon)

  • Described from Ghana and Uganda

  • Courtella wardi Compton

  • Courtella wardi Compton 1990

  • Host: Ficus tremula tremula Warb. (South Africa)

  • Courtella hladikae (Wiebes)

  • Agaon hladikae Wiebes 1979

  • Host: Ficus artocarpoides Warb. (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon)

  • Courtella michaloudi (Wiebes)

  • Agaon michaloudi Wiebes 1979

  • Host: Ficus bubu Warb. (Gabon)

  • Courtella medleri (Wiebes)

  • Agaon medleri Wiebes 1972

  • Host: Ficus umbellata Vahl (Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria)

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subfamily SYCOECINAE

• Genus Sycoecus Waterston 1914

• Sycoecus oculabulbus van Noort

• Sycoecus oculabulbus van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus cyathistipula pringsheimiana (Braun & Schum.) (Cameroon)

• Sycoecus taylori van Noort

• Sycoecus taylori van Noort 1993

• Host: unknown (Uganda)

• Sycoecus ivoryensis van Noort

• Sycoecus ivoryensis van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus scott-elliotii Mildbr. & Burr. (Ivory Coast)

• Sycoecus lamtoensis van Noort

• Sycoecus lamtoensis van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus sagittifolia Mildbr. & Burr. (Ivory Coast)

• Sycoecus crinitus van Noort

• Sycoecus crinitus van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus lyrata Warb. (Ivory Coast)

• Sycoecus wiebesi van Noort

• Sycoecus wiebesi van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus cyathistipuloides De Wild. (Ivory Coast)

• Host: Ficus subsagittifolia Berg (Gabon)

• Sycoecus medleri van Noort

• Sycoecus medleri van Noort 1993

• Host: (Ficus winkleri Mildbr. & Burret) = Ficus tesselata Warb. (Nigeria)

• Sycoecus bergi van Noort

• Sycoecus bergi van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus tesselata Warb. (Liberia)

• Sycoecus thaumastocnema Waterston

• Sycoecus thaumastocnema Waterston 1914

• Host: Ficus cyathistipula cyathistipula Warb. (Uganda)

• Sycoecus nyassossoensis van Noort

• Sycoecus nyassossoensis van Noort 1993

• Host: unknown (Cameroon)

• Genus Seres Waterston 1919

• Seres wardi van Noort

• Seres wardi van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus bubu Warb. (Tanzania, South Africa)

• Seres longicalcar van Noort

• Seres longicalcar van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus artocarpoides Warb. (Gabon)

• Seres armipes armipes Waterston

• Seres armipes armipes Waterston 1919

• Seres longicephala Risbec 1951

• Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon)

• Seres armipes breviceps Wiebes

• Seres armipes breviceps Wiebes 1961

• Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Uganda)

• Seres solweziensis van Noort

• Seres solweziensis van Noort 1993

• Host: Ficus polita polita Vahl (Senegal, Ivory Coast)

• Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Uganda, Zambia)

• Host: Ficus sansibarica sansibarica Warb. (Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Host: Ficus sansibarica (?)macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burr.) Berg (Zambia)

• Genus Crossogaster Mayr 1885

• Crossogaster lachaisei van Noort

• Crossogaster lachaisei van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus sansibarica macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burret) Berg (Ivory Coast)

• Crossogaster michaloudi van Noort

• Crossogaster michaloudi van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus artocarpoides Warb. (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Uganda)

• Crossogaster inusitata van Noort

• Crossogaster inusitata van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus sansibarica (?)macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burr.) Berg (Zambia)

• Crossogaster rashbrooki van Noort

• Crossogaster rashbrooki van Noort 1994

• Host: unknown (Tanzania)

• Crossogaster ovata van Noort

• Crossogaster ovata van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Uganda)

• Crossogaster triformis Mayr

• Crossogaster triformis Mayr 1885

• Host: Ficus vasta Forsskål (Socotra)

• Crossogaster vansomereni van Noort

• Crossogaster vansomereni van Noort 1994

• Host: unknown (Uganda, Kenya)

• Crossogaster hilli van Noort

• Crossogaster hilli van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus "thonningii" & Ficus "natalensis" (Uganda)

• Crossogaster robertsoni van Noort

• Crossogaster robertsoni van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus trichopoda Baker (South Africa, Ivory Coast)

• Crossogaster rastellus van Noort

• Crossogaster rastellus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus "natalensis" (Uganda)

• Crossogaster praeacuta van Noort

• Crossogaster praeacuta van Noort 1994

• Host: unknown (Uganda)

• Crossogaster odorans Wiebes

• Crossogaster odorans Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa)

• Host: Ficus petersii Warb. (South Africa, Malawi)

• Host: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb. (Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa)

• Host: Ficus craterostoma Mildbr. & Burret (South Africa)

• Also recorded from Uganda & Kenya

• Crossogaster quadrata van Noort

• Crossogaster quadrata van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus glumosa Delile (Guinea, South Africa)

• Crossogaster stigma van Noort

• Crossogaster stigma van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus glumosa Delile (Guinea, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Crossogaster oculagrandis van Noort

• Crossogaster oculagrandis van Noort 1994

• Host: unknown (Cameroon)

• Crossogaster lurida van Noort

• Crossogaster lurida van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus natalensis natalensis Hochst. (South Africa)

• Genus Philocaenus Grandi 1952 [Synonym: Phagoblastus Grandi 1955]

• Philocaenus silvestrii (Grandi)

• Crossogaster silvestrii Grandi 1916

• Crossogaster atratus Masi 1917

• Host: Ficus lutea Vahl (Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, Comoros Islands, Seychelles, Aldabra)

• Philocaenus comptoni van Noort

• Philocaenus comptoni van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus chlamydocarpa chlamydocarpa Mildbr. & Burret (Cameroon)

• Philocaenus cavus van Noort

• Philocaenus cavus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus saussureana D.C. (Ivory Coast)

• Philocaenus Boučeki (Wiebes)

• Phagoblastus Boučeki Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus reflexa reflexa Thunb. (Réunion)

• Host: Ficus reflexa aldabrensis (Baker) C.C. Berg (Aldabra Island)

• Philocaenus comorensis van Noort

• Philocaenus comorensis van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus antandronarum bernardii Berg (Comoros Islands)

• Philocaenus barbarus (Grandi)

• Phagoblastus barbarus Grandi 1955

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Host: Ficus natalensis natalensis Hochst. (South Africa)

• Host: Ficus natalensis graniticola (Zimbabwe)

• Host: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb. (South Africa)

• Also recorded from Kenya.

• Philocaenus geminus van Noort

• Philocaenus geminus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus "natalensis" (Uganda)

• Philocaenus jinjaensis van Noort

• Philocaenus jinjaensis van Noort 1994

• Host: unknown (Uganda)

• Philocaenus insolitus van Noort

• Philocaenus insolitus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus craterostoma Mildbr. & Burret (Gabon)

• Philocaenus medius van Noort

• Philocaenus medius van Noort

• Host: Ficus natalensis natalensis Hochst. (South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia)

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi)

• Host: Ficus psilopoga Ficalho (Zambia)

• Host: Ficus persicifolia Warb. (Zambia)

• Host: Ficus petersii Warb. (South Africa, Malawi)

• Philocaenus ugandensis van Noort

• Philocaenus ugandensis van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus "natalensis" (Uganda), F. thonningii Bl. (Uganda)

• Philocaenus barbatus Grandi

• Philocaenus barbatus Grandi 1952

• Host: Ficus platyphylla Delile (Senegal, Ivory Coast)

• Philocaenus hippopotomus van Noort

• Philocaenus hippopotomus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus trichopoda Baker (Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Madagascar)

• Philocaenus bakeri van Noort

• Philocaenus bakeri van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus sansibarica macrosperma (Mildbr. & Burr.) Berg (Cameroon)

• Philocaenus bifurcus van Noort

• Philocaenus bifurcus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus ottoniifolia ulugarensis (Mildbr. & Burret) Berg (Kenya)

• Philocaenus levis (Waterston)

• Seres levis Waterston 1920

• Host: Ficus ottoniifolia lucanda (Ficalho) Berg (Uganda)

• Philocaenus rasplusi van Noort

• Philocaenus rasplusi van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus artocarpoides Warb. (Gabon)

• Philocaenus clairae van Noort

• Philocaenus clairae van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus tremula tremula Warb. (South Africa)

• Philocaenus warei van Noort

• Philocaenus warei van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus glumosa Delile (Guinea, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Philocaenus liodontus (Wiebes)

• Phagoblastus liodontus Wiebes 1979

• Host: Ficus natalensis leprieurii (Miq.) Berg (Gabon)

• Host: Ficus kamerunensis Mildbr. & Burret (Ivory Coast)

• Host: Ficus thonningii Bl. (Malawi)

• Host: Ficus craterostoma Mildbr. & Burr. (Gabon)

• Host: Ficus lingua lingua Wild. & Dur. (Gabon)

• Host: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb. (Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa)

• Host: Ficus burtt-davyi Hutch. (South Africa)

• Also recorded from Uganda

• Philocaenus quatuordentatus van Noort

• Philocaenus quatuordentatus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus craterostoma Mildbr. & Burr. (South Africa)

• Philocaenus zambesiacus van Noort

• Philocaenus zambesiacus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus bussei Mildbr. & Burret (Malawi)

• Philocaenus rotundus van Noort

• Philocaenus rotundus van Noort 1994

• Host: Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq. (Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa)

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subfamily SYCORYCTINAE

Tribe APOCRYPTINI

• Genus Apocrypta Coquerel 1855

• Apocrypta brachycephala Grandi

• Apocrypta longitarsus brachycephala Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus vogeliana (Miq.) Miq. (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon)

• Apocrypta cercaria Ulenberg

• Apocrypta cercaria Ulenberg 1985

• Host: Ficus sakalavarum L. (Madagascar)

• Apocrypta crypta Ulenberg

• Apocrypta crypta Ulenberg 1985

• Host: Ficus mucuso Ficalho (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Tanzania)

• Apocrypta guineensis Grandi

• Apocrypta guineensis Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa)

• Apocrypta imbecillus Grandi

• Apocrypta longitarsus imbecillus Grandi 1916

• Host: unknown (Cameroon)

• Apocrypta longitarsus Mayr

• Apocrypta longitarsus Mayr 1906

• Apocrypta minima Risbec 1951

• Apocryptophagus bambeyi Risbec 1951

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Senegal, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)

• Apocrypta perplexa Coquerel

• Apocrypta perplexa Coquerel 1855

• Host: Ficus mauritiana Lam. (Réunion)

• Apocrypta polyspina Ulenberg

• Apocrypta polyspina Ulenberg 1985

• Host: Ficus botryoides Baker (Madagascar)

• Apocrypta regalis Grandi

• Apocrypta regalis Grandi 1916

• Host: unknown (Cameroon)

• Apocrypta robusta Grandi

• Apocrypta longitarsus robusta Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus vallis-choudae Del. (Senegal, Ivory Coast)

• Apocrypta setoptera Ulenberg

• Apocrypta setoptera Ulenberg 1985

• Host: Ficus polyphlebia Baker (Madagascar)

Tribe PHILOTRYPESINI

• Genus Philotrypesis Förster, 1878

• Philotrypesis africana Grandi

• Philotrypesis africana Grandi 1921

• Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon)

• Philotrypesis cnephaea Wiebes

• Philotrypesis cnephaea Wiebes 1981

  • Host: Ficus reflexa reflexa Thunb. (Réunion)

• Philotrypesis erythraea Grandi

• Philotrypesis erythraea Grandi 1921

• Host: unknown (Eritrea)

• Philotrypesis finitimorum Wiebes

• Philotrypesis finitimorum Wiebes 1971

• Host: Ficus saussureana DC. (Sierra Leone)

• Philotrypesis longicornis Grandi

• Philotrypesis longicornis Grandi 1921

• Host: unknown (Guinea)

• Philotrypesis palmata Joseph

• Philotrypesis palmata Joseph 1954

• Host: Ficus palmata Forsskål (Ethiopia)

• Philotrypesis parca Wiebes

• Philotrypesis parca Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Philotrypesis selenitica Grandi

• Philotrypesis selenitica Grandi 1921

• Host: Ficus lutea Vahl

Tribe SYCORYCTINI

• Genus Sycoscapter Saunders l883 [Synonym: Grandimyia Risbec 1956]

• Sycoscapter cadenati (Risbec)

• Goniogaster cadenati Risbec 1951

• Host: unknown (Senegal)

• Sycoscapter cornutus Wiebes

• Sycoscapter cornutus Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Host: Ficus reflexa reflexa Thunb. (Réunion)

• Sycoscapter gibbus Saunders

• Sycoscapter gibbus Saunders 1883

• Host: Ficus politoria Lam. (Madagascar)

• Host: Ficus lateriflora Vahl (Réunion)

• Sycoscapter montis Wiebes

• Sycoscapter montis Wiebes 1971

• Host: Ficus saussureana DC. (Guinea, Sierra Leone)

• Sycoscapter niger (Risbec)

• Idarnes nigra Risbec 1951

  • Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa)

• Sycoscapter senegalensis (Risbec)

• Sycoryctes senegalensis Risbec 1951

• Host: unknown (Senegal)

• Sycoscapter tananarivensis (Risbec)

• Grandimyia tananarivensis Risbec 1956

• Host: unknown (Madagascar)

• Sycoscapter tibialis Wiebes

• Sycoscapter tibialis Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus rubra Vahl (Réunion)

• Genus Sycoscapteridea Ashmead l904

• Sycoscapteridea bambeyi (Risbec)

• Goniogaster bambeyi Risbec 1951

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Senegal)

• Genus Sycoryctes Mayr, l885

• Sycoryctes anceps (Wiebes)

• Sycoscapter anceps Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus densifolia Miq. (Réunion)

• Sycoryctes caelebs Wiebes

• Sycoryctes caelebs Wiebes 1975

• Host: Ficus rubra Forsskål (Aldabra Isl.)

• Host: Ficus densifolia Miq. (Réunion)

• Sycoryctes coccothraustes Mayr

• Sycoryctes coccothraustes Mayr 1885

• Host: Ficus vasta Vahl (Socotra)

• Sycoryctes comparabilis Wiebes

• Sycoryctes comparabilis Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus densifolia Miq. (Réunion)

• Sycoryctes dagatiguyi (Risbec)

• Apocryptophagus dagatiguyi Risbec 1951

• Host unknown (Ivory Coast)

• Sycoryctes hirtus Wiebes

• Sycoryctes hirtus Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Sycoryctes lomaenis Wiebes

• Sycoryctes lomaenis Wiebes 1971

• Host: Ficus saussureana DC. (Guinea, Sierra Leone)

• Sycoryctes remus Wiebes

• Sycoryctes remus Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Host: Ficus reflexa reflexaThunb. (Réunion)

• Sycoryctes sebertianus Masi

• Sycoryctes sebertianus Masi 1917

• Host unknown (Seychelles Islands)

• Sycoryctes sjoestedti Mayr

• Sycoryctes sjoestedti Mayr 1906

• Host unknown (Cameroon)

• Sycoryctes truncatus Mayr

• Sycoryctes truncatus Mayr 1885

• Host: Ficus vasta Vahl (Socotra)

• Genus Watshamiella Wiebes,1981

• Watshamiella alata Wiebes

• Watshamiella alata Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Watshamiella fictitia Wiebes

• Watshamiella fictitia Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus rubra Vahl (Réunion)

• Watshamiella lucens Wiebes

• Watshamiella lucens Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus densifolia Miq. (Réunion)

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subfamily OTITESELLINAE

• Genus Comptoniella Wiebes 1992

• Comptoniella vannoorti Wiebes

• Comptoniella vannoorti Wiebes 1992

• Host: Ficus cordata cordata Thunb. (Namibia, South Africa)

• Genus Otitesella Westwood l883

• Otitesella africana species-group

• Otitesella africana Grandi

• Otitesella africana Grandi 1921

• Host: Ficus lutea Vahl (Guinea, Madagascar)

• Otitesella epicarioides Grandi

• Otitesella epicarioides Grandi 1921

• Host unknown (Eritrea)

• Otitesella gnaphalocarpae Risbec

• Otitesella gnaphalocarpae Risbec 1951

• Host unknown (Senegal)

• Otitesella royi Wiebes

• Otitesella royi Wiebes 1971

• Host: Ficus saussureana DC. (Sierra Leone)

• Otitesella sesquianellata van Noort

• Otitesella sesquianellata van Noort 1988

• Host: Ficus burtt-davyi Hutch. (South Africa)

• Otitesella tsamvi Wiebes

• Otitesella tsamvi Wiebes 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. (Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Otitesella uluzi Compton

• Otitesella uluzi Compton 1988

• Host: Ficus burtt-davyi Hutch. (South Africa)

• Otitesella digitata species-group

• Otitesella longicauda van Noort

• Otitesella longicauda van Noort 1997

• Host: Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. (Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, South Africa)

• Otitesella nefdti van Noort

• Otitesella nefdti van Noort 1997

• Host: Ficus verruculosa Warb. (Zambia, South Africa)

• Otitesella pseudoserrata van Noort

• Otitesella pseudoserrata van Noort 1997

• Host: Ficus salicifolia Vahl (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa)

• Otitesella rotunda van Noort

• OtItesella rotunda van Noort 1997

• Host: Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. (Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa)

• Otitesella serrata Mayr

• Otitesella serrata Mayr 1885

• Host: Ficus salicifolia Vahl (Socotra)

• Genus Philosycus Wiebes 1969

• Philosycus cadenati (Risbec)

• Colotrechnus cadenati Risbec 1951

• Host unknown (Senegal)

• Philosycus collaris Wiebes

• Philosycus collaris Wiebes 1969

• Host unknown (Ivory Coast)

• Philosycus monstruosus (Grandi)

• Sycobiella monstruosa Grandi 1921

• Host: Ficus ovata Vahl (Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon)

Family ? (Unplaced)

Subfamily SYCOPHAGINAE

Tribe SYCOPHAGINI

• Genus Apocryptophagus Ashmead 1904 [Synonyms: Dynatogmus Mayr 1906; Parakoebelea Joseph 1957]

• Apocryptophagus explorator (Coquerel)

• Chalcis explorator Coquerel 1855

• Apocrypta paradoxa Coquerel 1855

• Host: Ficus mauritania Lam. (Réunion)

• Apocryptophagus gigas (Mayr)

• Eukoebelea gigas Mayr 1906

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Senegal, Yemen, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa)

• Apocryptophagus robustus (Mayr) 1906

• Dynatogmus robustus Mayr 1906

• Host: Ficus ?vogeliana (Miq.) Miq. (Cameroon)

• Genus Eukoebelea Ashmead, 1904

• Eukoebelea camerunensis Mayr

• Eukoebelea camerunensis Mayr 1906

• Host: Ficus ?vogeliana (Miq.) Miq. (Cameroon)

• Eukoebelea sycomori Wiebes

• Eukoebelea sycomori Wiebes 1968

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa)

• Genus Idarnes Walker 1843

• Idarnes gracile Wiebes

• Idarnes gracile Wiebes 1968

• Host: Ficus ?sycomorus L. (Kenya)

• Genus Sycophaga Westwood 1840

• Sycophaga afflicta Grandi

• Sycophaga afflicta Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Guinea)

• Sycophaga callani Grandi

• Sycophaga callani Grandi 1955

• Host: Ficus ?sycomorus L. (Zimbabwe)

• Sycophaga cyclostigma Waterston

• Sycophaga cyclostigma Waterston 1916

• Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Sycophaga depressa Risbec

• Sycophaga depressa Risbec 1956

• Host: unknown (Madagascar)

• Sycophaga gigantea Grandi

• Sycophaga gigantea Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus ?sycomorus L. (Eritrea, Cameroon)

• Sycophaga insularis Grandi

• Sycophaga insularis Grandi 1916

• Host: unknown (Cape Verde Is.)

• Sycophaga silvestrii Grandi

• Sycophaga silvestrii Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus vallis-choudae Del. (Senegal)

• Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon)

• Sycophaga sycomori (Linnaeus)

• Cynips sycomori Linnaeus 1758

• Sycophaga crassipes Westwood 1840

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Namibia, South Africa)

• Sycophaga tenebrosa Grandi

• Sycophaga silvestrii tenebrosa Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus ?vallis-choudae Del. (Uganda)

• Sycophaga valentinae Grandi

• Sycophaga valentinae Grandi 1952

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Senegal)

• Sycophaga vicina Mayr

• Sycophaga vicina Mayr 1906

• Host: Ficus ?vogeliana (Miq.) Miq. (Cameroon)

• Sycophaga viduata Grandi

• Sycophaga viduata Grandi 1916

• Host: unknown (Cameroon)

Family ? (unplaced)

Subfamily EPICHRYSOMALLINAE

• Genus Camarothorax Mayr 1906

• Camarothorax mutabilis Vincent & Compton

• Camarothorax mutabilis Vincent & Compton 1992

• Host: Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. (Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa)

• Genus Lachaisea Rasplus 2003

  • Lachaisea africana (Wiebes)

    • Sycobia africana Wiebes 1971

      • Host: Ficus saussureana DC. (Sierra Leone)

  • Lachaisea brevimucro (Bouček )

    • Camarothorax brevimucro Bouček 1981

      • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

      • Host: Ficus reflexa reflexa Thunb. (Réunion)

  • Lachaisea equicollis (Bouček )

    • Camarothorax equicollis Bouček 1981

      • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

      • Host: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb.(South Africa)

      • Host: Ficus craterostoma Mildbr. & Burr. (South Africa)

  • Lachaisea hemimucro (Wiebes)

    • Camarothorax hemimucro Wiebes 1981

      • Host: Ficus reflexa reflexa Thunb. (Réunion)

  • Lachaisea imerinensis (Risbec)

    • Callimomus imerinensis Risbec 1956

      • Host unknown (Madagascar)

  • Lachaisea longimucro (Bouček )

    • Camarothorax longimucro Bouček 1981

      • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

      • Host: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb. (South Africa)

  • Lachaisea orientalis (Wiebes)

    • Sycobia orientalis Wiebes 1975

      • Host: Ficus reflexa aldabrensis (Baker) C.C. Berg (Aldabra Island)

• Genus Sycomacophila Rasplus 2003

  • Sycomacophila carolae Rasplus

    • Sycomacophila carolae Risbec 2003

      • Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Ivory Coast)

  • Sycomacophila gibernaui Rasplus

    • Sycomacophila gibernaui Rasplus 2003

      • Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Cameroon)

  • Sycomacophila montana Rasplus

    • Sycomacophila montana Rasplus 2003

      • Host: Ficus sur Forsskål (Guinea)

• Genus Sycotetra Bouček 1981

  • Sycotetra serricornis Bouček

    • Sycotetra serricornis Bouček 1981

      • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

Family EURYTOMIDAE

• Genus Eurytoma Illiger

• Eurytoma ficusgallae Bouček

• Eurytoma ficusgallae Bouček 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Genus Ficomila Bouček

• Ficomila curtivena Bouček

• Ficomila curtivena Bouček 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Ficomila gambiensis (Risbec)

• Decatoma gambiense Risbec 1955

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. (Gambia)

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Genus Syceurytoma Bouček

  • Syceurytoma ficus Bouček

    • Syceurytoma ficus Bouček 1981

      • Host: stem galls on Ficus sycomorus L. (Uganda)

      • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

      • Also recorded from South Africa

• Genus Sycophila Walker

• Sycophila flaviclava Bouček

• Sycophila flaviclava Bouček 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Sycophila kestraneura (Masi)

• Decatoma kestraneura Masi 1917

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Also recorded from Seychelles, Uganda, South Africa

• Sycophila modesta Bouček

• Sycophila modesta Bouček 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Sycophila naso Bouček

• Sycophila naso Bouček 1981

• Host: stem galls on Ficus sycomorus L. (Uganda)

• Host: galls on Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Sycophila punctum Bouček

• Sycophila punctum Bouček 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Sycophila sessilis Bouček

• Sycophila sessilis Bouček 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Also recorded from South Africa.

Family ORMYRIDAE

• Genus Ormyrus Westwood

• Ormyrus flavipes Bouček

• Ormyrus flavipes Bouček 1981

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Ormyrus subconicus Bouček

• Ormyrus subconicus Bouček 1981

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

• Ormyrus watshami Bouček

• Ormyrus watshami Bouček 1981

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.