Megastigmus Dalman

(associated with figs)

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

Megastigmus Dalman 1820. Type species: Pteromalus bipunctatum Swederus 1795.

Megastigmus sp.

Distribution

Australia, New Zealand

Biology

Host fig: Ficus rubiginosa

Reference

Early J.W. 2000. Fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae and Torymidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 23, 27-32.

Credits

Next genus: Physothorax

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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