Physothorax pallidus Ashmead

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

Physothorax pallidus Ashmead 1900. Holotype: in United States Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. Type locality: St. Vincent

Distribution

Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, U.S.A: Florida

Biology

Host: Ficus aurea, Ficus citrifolia  

Reference

Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 33:207-367.

Credits

Next genus: Torymus           Next species: Physothorax percaudatus

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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