Idarnes simus Gordh

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Pteromalidae; Subfamily: Sycophaginae, Genus: Idarnes)

Idarnes simus Gordh, 1975. Holotype: in Snow Entomological Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Type locality: Rio Aguilar, Hatillo, San José,  Costa Rica.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Host fig: Ficus lapithifolia.

Reference

Gordh, G. 1975. The comparative external morphology and systematics of the Neotropical parasitic fig wasp Idarnes (Hymenoptera: Torymidae). University of Kansas. Science Bulletin 50: 389-455.

Credits

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

Next genus: Pseudidarnes

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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