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Platyscapa fischeri Wiebes

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

Platyscapa corneri Wiebes 1977. Holotype female in NCB Naturalis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - RMNH). Type locality: Philippines

Distribution

Japan, Philippines

Biology

Host fig: Ficus caulocarpa Miq.

References

Wiebes JT. 1977. Agaonid fig wasp from Ficus salicifolia Vahl and some related species of the genus Platyscapa Motschoulsky (Hym., Chalc.). Neth. J. Zool. 27:209–223.

Credits

Next genus: Pegoscapus        Next species: Platyscapa frontalis

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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