Figure 1.
Philotrypesis caricae. A. Females ovipositing into a fig
recently entered by B. psenes, on a male tree © B. Schatz. B-C.
Female ovipositing and cleaning © J.-Y. Rasplus.
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Figure 2.
Philotrypesis caricae. A. Antenna; B. Habitus female, lateral
view; C. Head female, frontal view; D. Head male, frontal view; E.
Habitus male, lateral view; F. Mesosoma female dorsal view; G.
Mesosoma male dorsal view. 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
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Biology
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Host figs:
Ficus carica L.
and
Ficus
palmata Forssk.
Parasitoid of
Blastophaga psenes
L. |
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. 1762. Reise nach Palästina. 606pp. Rostock, Honne Ed: T.H. Gadebush Text
in German.
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Credits
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Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus, or ©
B. Schatz. |
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Next genus:
Adiyodiella
(Sycoryctini)
Next species:
Philotrypesis cnephaea
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