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Alfonsiella binghami Wiebes

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

Alfonsiella binghami Wiebes 1988. Holotype in NCB Naturalis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - RMNH). Type locality: Tanzania.

Distribution

 

 

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Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa.

Biology

Ficus stuhlmannii Ficus_petersii

Host figs: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb. and Ficus petersii

References

 

Erasmus J.C., van Noort, S., Jousselin E.,& Greeff, J.M. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of fig wasp pollinators (Agaonidae; Hymenoptera) in Ficus section Galoglychia. Zoologica Scripta 36: 61-78.

Wiebes J.T., 1988. Agaonidae (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea) and Ficus (Moraceae): fig wasps and their figs, II. (Alfonsiella). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 91: 429-436.

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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