Figure 1.
Blastophaga psenes. A. A female attracted to receptive fig by
host-specific volatiles emitted by the fig ostiole B. Female ovipositing
in a receptive fig of a male tree, © G. Valdeyron. C. Male opening a
hole into a gall containing a female © J.-Y. Rasplus. D. Female escaping
the fig dusted with pollen © J.-Y. Rasplus.
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Figure 2.
Blastophaga psenes. A. Antenna (SEM). B. Head ventral, showing the
mandibles and their appendage bearing 6 ridges. C-D. Habitus male and
female, lateral view. E. Habitus male dorsal view; F. Mesosoma female
ventral view, white arrow shows the scar in place of pollen pocket.
Scale = 200μm excepted for habitus = 1 mm. All photos © J.-Y. Rasplus.
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Distribution
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Palaearctic
region; introduced to Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, and Oriental
regions. |
Biology
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Pollinator of
Ficus carica L.
and
Ficus
palmata Forssk.
Parasitoid
of pollinator:
Philotrypesis caricae
(Linnaeus, 1762) |
References
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Kjellberg, F. and
Lesne A. 2020.
Ficus carica and its pollination.
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02516888
Kjellberg, F. van
Noort, S, Rasplus JY. In press. Fig wasp and pollination. In Sarkhosh, L.
Ferguson, A.M. Yavari (Editors): The Fig: Botany, Production and Uses.
CAB International.
Linnaeus,
C. 1758. Systema naturae (10th Edition). 1:824+iiipp.
Stockholm. |
Credits
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Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus, or ©
G. Valdeyron. |
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Next genus:
Ceratosolen
Next species:
Blastophaga
quadrupes
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