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Physothorax Mayr

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

Physothorax Mayr 1885. Type species: Physothorax disciger Mayr 1885.

 

Physothorax annuliger Mayr, 1885

 

Physothorax bicolor Mayr, 1885

 

Physothorax bidentulus Burks, 1969

 

Physothorax disciger Mayr, 1885

 

Physothorax ledouxi Risbec, 1953

 

Physothorax mayri Ashmead, 1904

 

Physothorax pallidus Ashmead, 1900

Physothorax percaudatus Boucek, 1993

 

Physothorax russelli Crawford, 1910

 

Physothorax serratus Mayr, 1906

Distribution

Physothorax_map

Brazil, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent, U.S.A. (Florida)

Biology

Host figs: Ficus altissima, Ficus aurea, Ficus citrifolia, Ficus gomelleira, Ficus lapathifolia

Reference

Mayr, G. 1885. Feigeninsecten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 35, 147-250.  

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