Catalogue of Namibian fig wasps

Fig wasps have yet to be reared from a number of fig tree species in Namibia. Consequently the following checklist is far from complete. An idea of the fig wasp species potentially associated with the fig tree species that are present in Namibia may be obtained from the checklist of Afrotropical fig wasps. Fig wasp species recorded from these host trees elsewhere in Africa are also likely to be present in Namibia, although the total fig wasp species assemblage associated with a particular host tree is not always complete throughout the range of the host. 

Order: HYMENOPTERA

Superfamily: CHALCIDOIDEA

Family: AGAONIDAE

Subfamily Agaoninae

• Genus Alfonsiella Waterston 1920

• Alfonsiella binghami Wiebes

• Alfonsiella binghami Wiebes 1988

• Host: Ficus stuhlmannii Warb. 

• Genus Allotriozoon Grandi 1916

• Allotriozoon heterandromorphum Grandi

• Allotriozoon heterandromorphum Grandi 1916

• Allotriozoon seychellense Masi 1917

• Blastophaga wanei Risbec 1951

• Blastophaga dakarensis Risbec 1954

• Host: Ficus lutea Vahl 

• Genus Elisabethiella Grandi 1928

• Elisabethiella platyscapa Wiebes

• Elisabethiella platyscapa Wiebes 1989

• Host: Ficus fischeri Mildbr. & Burr.

• Elisabethiella enriquesi (Grandi)

• Blastophaga enriquesi Grandi 1916

• Host: Ficus ilicina (Sonder) Miq.

• Elisabethiella stuckenbergi (Grandi)

• Blastophaga stuckenbergi Grandi 1955

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. 

• Elisabethiella glumosae Wiebes

  • Elisabethiella glumosae Wiebes 1989

  • Host: Ficus glumosa Del.

• Genus Platyscapa Motschoulsky 1864

• Platyscapa binghami Wiebes

• Platyscapa binghami Wiebes 1980

• Host: Ficus verruculosa Warb.

• Platyscapa desertorum Compton

• Platyscapa desertorum Compton 1990

• Host: Ficus cordata cordata Thunb.

• Platyscapa soraria Wiebes

• Platyscapa soraria Wiebes 1980

• Host: Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq.

Subfamily Kradibiinae

• Genus Ceratosolen Mayr 1885 [Synonym: Sycocrypta Coquerel 1855]

• Ceratosolen arabicus Mayr

• Ceratosolen arabicus Mayr 1906

• Ceratosolen myersi Grandi 1955

• Ceratosolen longicornis Joseph 1959

• Ceratosolen aelleni Grandi 1964

• Host: Ficus sycomorus (L.)

• Ceratosolen galili Wiebes

• Ceratosolen galili Wiebes 1964

• Host: Ficus sycomorus (L.)

• Genus Kradibia Saunders 1883

• Kradibia gestroi afrum (Wiebes)

• Liporrhopalum gestroi afrum Wiebes 1969

• Host: Ficus capreifolia Delile

Subfamily SYCOPHAGINAE

• Genus Sycophaga Westwood 1840

• Sycophaga gigas (Mayr)

• Eukoebelea gigas Mayr 1906

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. 

Sycophaga sycomori (Linnaeus)

• Cynips sycomori Linnaeus 1758

• Sycophaga crassipes Westwood 1840

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L. 

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subfamily OTITESELLINAE

• Genus Comptoniella Wiebes 1992

• Comptoniella vannoorti Wiebes

• Comptoniella vannoorti Wiebes 1992

• Host: Ficus cordata cordata Thunb. 

Subfamily SYCORYCTINAE

Tribe APOCRYPTINI

• Genus Apocrypta Coquerel 1855

• Apocrypta longitarsus Mayr

• Apocrypta longitarsus Mayr 1906

• Apocrypta minima Risbec 1951

• Apocryptophagus bambeyi Risbec 1951

• Host: Ficus sycomorus L.

Family: EURYTOMIDAE 

• Genus Ficomila Bouček

• Ficomila curtivena Bouček

• Ficomila curtivena Bouček 1981

• Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq..

• Genus Sycophila Walker

• Sycophila kestraneura (Masi)

• Decatoma kestraneura Masi 1917

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq..

• Sycophila naso Bouček

• Sycophila naso Bouček 1981

  • Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq..