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Platyscapa Motschoulsky

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

Platyscapa Motschoulsky 1863. Type species: Platyscapa frontalis Motschulsky 1863.

Classification

 

Platyscapa awekei Wiebes, 1977

 

Platyscapa arnottiana Abdurahiman,1980

 

Platyscapa bergi Wiebes, 1986

 

Platyscapa corneri Wiebes,1980

 

Platyscapa coronata (Grandi,1928)

 

Platyscapa binghami Wiebes, 1980

 

Platyscapa desertorum Compton, 1990

 

Platyscapa etiennei Wiebes, 1977

 

Platyscapa fischeri Wiebes,1977

 

Platyscapa frontalis Motschulsky,1863

 

Platyscapa hsui Chen & Chou,1997

 

Platyscapa indica Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman,1997

 

Platyscapa innumerabilis (Fullaway,1913)

 

Platyscapa ishiiana (Grandi,1923)

 

Platyscapa paschimaghatensis Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman,1997

 

Platyscapa quadraticeps (Mayr,1885)  

 

Platyscapa sahiana Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman,1997

 

Platyscapa tjahela (Abdurahiman & Joseph,1975)

 

Platyscapa soraria Wiebes, 1980

Distribution

 

 

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Afrotropical: Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Madagascar, China, French Polynesia, Guam, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Réunion, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan

Biology

Hosts: Ficus arnottiana (Moraceae), Ficus caulocarpa (Moraceae), Ficus cordata (Moraceae), Ficus geniculata (Moraceae), Ficus ingens (Moraceae), Ficus religiosa (Moraceae), Ficus superba (Moraceae), Ficus tsjahela (Moraceae), Ficus verruculosa (Moraceae), Ficus virens (Moraceae)

References

Motschulsky, V. de. 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'Ile Ceylon (Suite). Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody (Otdel Biologicheskiy). 36(3):1-153.

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