Walkerella microcarpae Bouček

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Pteromalidae; Subfamily: Otitesellinae; Genus: Walkerella)

Walkerella microcarpae Bouček, 1993. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: Florida, U.S.A.

Distribution

Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, China, Japan, Spain, South Africa, USA.

Beardsley, J.W. 1998. Chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with fruit of Ficus microcarpa in Hawai’i. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 33, 19–34.

Bouček, Z. 1993. The genera of chalcidoid wasps from Ficus fruit in the New World. Journal of Natural History 27: 173-217.

Biology

Host: Ficus micocarpa (Moraceae).

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).

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