Elisabethiella reflexa Wiebes

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

Elisabethiella reflexa Wiebes, 1975. Holotype in NCB Naturalis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - RMNH). Type locality: Aldabra Island

Distribution

Aldabra Island, Madagascar, Réunion.

Biology

Host: Ficus reflexa reflexa Thunb.

Host: Ficus reflexa aldabrensis (Baker) C.C. Berg

References

Wiebes, J.T. 1975. Fig insects from Aldabra (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Entomologiske Meddelelser 49(16): 225-236.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).

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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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