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Checklist of South African fig wasps

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

 

Sixty-seven described species of an estimated total species richness of 300 have been recorded from South Africa, i.e. only 22.6% of the species occurring in South Africa have been described.

 

Family: AGAONIDAE

Subfamily Agaoninae

Subfamily Kradibiinae

Subfamily Sycophaginae

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subfamily SYCOECINAE

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subfamily SYCORYCTINAE

Tribe APOCRYPTINI

Tribe PHILOTRYPESINI

Tribe SYCORYCTINI

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subfamily EPICHRYSOMALLINAE

Subfamily OTITESELLINAE

Family EURYTOMIDAE

Family ORMYRIDAE

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. & Rasplus, JY. 2024. Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. URL: www.figweb.org(Accessed on <day-month-year>).

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