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Checklists for countries have little
biogeographical meaning, but countries that are signatories to the Rio
Convention on Biodiversity are required to inventory the biological diversity
that they safeguard. Consequently, checklists of the fig wasps of South Africa
and Namibia have been compiled. The scope of the checklists will be expanded to
include further countries as knowledge of local faunas is acquired. Fig
wasp species richness is poorly known for the majority of countries.
The core of the following checklists is drawn from
information contained in
Berg & Wiebes'
book (1992), but has been taxonomically
and Distributionally updated
incorporating subsequent revisions. The checklists will be
continually updated as our knowledge of fig wasp systematics advances.
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