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Ficomila gambiensis (Risbec)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Unplaced; Family: Eurytomidae, Genus: Ficomila)

Decatoma gambiense Risbec 1955. Holotype in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Type locality: Zimbabwe

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Distribution

Ficomila gambiensis_map

Gambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

Host: Ficus sycomorus L. 

Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.

Credits

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References

Risbec, J. 1955. Chalcidoïdes et proctotrupoïdes africaines. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. 17:533-580.

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