Alfonsiella fimbriata Waterston

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

Alfonsiella fimbriata Waterston 1920. Holotype in The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Tanzania.

Distribution

Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Tanzania.

Biology

Host figs: Ficus natalensis leprieurii (Miq.) Berg (Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon); Ficus kamerunensis Mildbr. & Burret (Ivory Coast, Gabon); Ficus persicifolia Warb. (Zambia).

References

Waterston, J. 1920. A new blastophagine genus and species from E. Africa (Hymenoptera - Chalcidoidea). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3). 56:197-200.

Credits

Next  genus: Allotriozoon   Next species: Alfonsiella longiscapa

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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