Platyscapa quadraticeps (Mayr)

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

Blastophaga quadraticeps Mayr 1885. Holotype in Vienna, Austria. Type locality: Singapore.

Distribution

India, Iraq, Israel, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, United Arab Emerites.

Biology

Host fig: Ficus religiosa L.

References

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

van Noort, S. & Rasplus J.Y. In press. Order Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea associated with figs (families Agaonidae & Pteromalidae) Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates 3.

Credits

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