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Allotriozoon prodigiosum Grandi

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

Allotriozoon prodigiosum Grandi 1916. Holotype Type locality: Ghana

Distribution

Distribution_of_Allotriozoon_prodigiosum

Recorded from Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda, but probably present throughout the range of the host fig (lighter green areas)

Biology

Pollinator of Ficus saussureana DC.

References

Grandi, G. 1916. Gli Agaonini (Hymenoptera Chalcididae) raccolti nell'Africa occidentale dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura, Portici. 10:121-286.

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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