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Ceratosolen praestans Wiebes

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

Ceratosolen (Rothropus) praestans Wiebes 1963. Holotype Type locality: Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

Distribution

Papua New Guinea

Biology

Host fig: Ficus praestans Corner

References

Wiebes, J.T.-Taxonomy and host preferences of Indo-Australian figs wasps of the genus Ceratosolen (Agaonidae). Tijdschr. Ent. 106, 1-112 (1963a).

Credits

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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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