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Courtella hamifera Kieffer

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

Courtella hamifera Kieffer, 1911. Holotype in Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Eberswalde, Germany (DEI). Type locality: Togo.

Agaon paradoxum modestum Wiebes, 1961. Holotype in The NCB Naturalis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - RMNH). Type locality: Uganda. Junior synonym.

Distribution

Courtella hamifera hamifera_map

Ivory Coast, Senegal, Togo, Uganda.

Biology

Pollinator of Ficus ovata Vahl.

References

Kieffer, J.J. 1911. Description de deux nouveaux chalcidides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 80:463-466.

Credits

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Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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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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