Pegoscapus_mexicanus

Pegoscapus mexicanus (Ashmead)

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

Eisenia mexicanus Ashmead 1904. Holotype in United States Museum of Natural History, Washington D. C. Type locality: Mexico

Distribution	Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, U.S.A.
Biology	Host fig: Ficus aurea Nuttal (Mexico, California, Florida)
References	Ashmead, W.H.-Classification of the Chalcid flies or the family Chalcidoidea, with descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South Afrimerica by Herbert H. Smith. Mem. Carnegie Mus. 1, 1-x, 225-551 (1904)
Credits
Next genus: Platyscapa Next species: Pegoscapus obscurus

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>).