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Agaon megalopon Wiebes

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

Agaon megalopon Wiebes, 1976. Holotype Natural History Museum, Leiden (RMNH). Type locality: Nigeria (Obudu Cattle Ranch).

Distribution

 

 

 

Agaon megalopon_map

Nigeria.

Biology

Host fig: Ficus ardisioides camptoneura (Mildbr.) Berg

References

Wiebes, J.T. 1976. A new species of Agaon from Nigeria, and some additional records (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae). Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam. 36:124-127.

Credits

 

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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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