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Tetrapus americanus Mayr

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

Tetrapus americanus Mayr 1885. Holotype Type locality: Brazil

Distribution

 

 

Tetrapus americanus_map

Brazil, Venezuela

Biology

Host fig: Ficus maxima P. Miller (synonym F. radula H.B. ex Willd.)

References

Mayr 1885, G. Feigeninsecten. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 35, 147-250 (1885)

Credits

Next genus: Waterstoniella        Next species: Tetrapus antillarum

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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