Nigeriella_excavata

Nigeriella excavata Compton

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

Nigeriella excavata Compton, 1990. Holotype in Compton Collection, England. Type locality: South Africa.

Male habitus.

Male dorsal view.

Female mandible and mandibular appendage.

Distribution	South Africa, but probably present throughout the range of the host fig (lighter colour)
Biology	Host fig: Ficus tettensis Hutch.
References	Compton, S.G. 1990. A collapse of host specificity in some African fig wasps. South African Journal of Science, 86: 39-40.
Credits	Photographs, illustrations and distribution map © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).
Next genus: Paragoan Next species: Nigeriella fusciceps

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>).