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Philotrypesis parca Wiebes

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Pteromalidae; Subfamily: Pteromalinae; Tribe: Otitesellini; Subtribe: Sycoryctina; Genus: Philotrypesis)

Philotrypesis parca Wiebes 1981 (in Bouček, Watsham & Wiebes). Holotype in NCB Naturalis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie - RMNH). Type locality: Zimbabwe.

Distribution

Philotrypesis parca_map

South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Host: Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29441679

Reference

Bouček Z., A. Watsham & J.T. Wiebes, 1981. The fig wasp fauna of the receptacles of Ficus thonningii (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie 124(5): 149-233.

Credits

Photographs © Alan Manson (Pietermaritzburg). https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29441679

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
 

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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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