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Valisia modesta (Wiebes)

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

Blastophaga (Valisia) modesta Wiebes 1993. Holotype in National History Museum, Leiden. Type locality: Java, Indonesia

Distribution

 

 

Blastophaga modesta_map

Indonesia (Java)

Biology

Host fig: Ficus tricolor Miq.

References

Wiebes JT. 1993. Agaonidae (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea) and Ficus (Moraceae): fig wasps and their figs, XI (Blastophaga) s.l. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C 96:347–367.

Credits

Next genus: Ceratosolen                  Next species: Valisia puncticeps  

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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