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Checklist of United Arab Emerites fig wasps

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

Checklist of UAE figs

Family: AGAONIDAE

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subtribe SYCORYCTINA

Family PTEROMALIDAE

Subtribe OTITESELLINA

Subfamily SYCOPHAGINAE

Genus Sycophaga Westwood, 1840

Family EPICHRYSOMALLIDAE

  • Genus Acophila Ishii, 1834
    • Acophila microcarpa Chen
      • Acophila microcarpa Chen, 1999
        • Host: Ficus microcarpa L.

References

 

Jongbloed, M. 2003. The Comprehensive Guide to the Wild Flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, Abu Dhabi. 576 pp.

van Noort, S. & Rasplus J.Y. 2010. Order Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea associated with figs (families Agaonidae & Pteromalidae).  In: A. van Harten (ed.) Arthropod fauna of UAE 3, pp 325-355.

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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