Josephiella microcarpae Beardsley & Rasplus

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

Josephiella microcarpae Beardsley & Rasplus 2001. Holotype in: BP Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Type Locality: Hawaii, Oahu Island, Honolulu.

Distribution

Hawaii, California, Canary Islands.

Biology

Host fig: Ficus microcarpa developing in leaf galls.

Credits

Reference

Beardsley J.W. & Rasplus J.Y. 2001. A new species of Josephiella (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) forming leaf galls on Ficus microcarpa L. (Moraceae). Journal of Natural History 35: 33-40.

Next genus: Lachaisea          Next species: Lachaisea africana

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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