Platyscapa soraria
Appearance
Platyscapa soraria | |
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Female Platyscapa soraria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Agaonidae |
Genus: | Platyscapa |
Species: | P. soraria
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Binomial name | |
Platyscapa soraria Wiebes, 1980
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Platyscapa soraria is a species of fig wasp; it is the pollinator of Ficus ingens.[1][2]
Description
[edit]Female: Blackish. Head shorter than wide, antenna with 11 segments. Fore wing 1.3 mm long; submarginal, marginal, stigmal and postmarginal vein ratio of about 22:6:5:4; legth of hind tarsus twice that of tibia. Length (head, mesosoma and metasoma) 1.4 mm; ovipositor length 0.8 mm.[3]
Range
[edit]Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, but probably also present in the entire range of the host fig, Ficus ingens.[1]
Habitat
[edit]Woodland; Ficus ingens is often found in rocky places.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c van Noort, S. & Rasplus, JY. 2024. Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. www.figweb.org (Accessed on 20-Feb-2023). http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Agaonidae/Agaoninae/Platyscapa/Platyscapa_soraria.htm
- ^ "Platyscapa soraria". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ Wiebes, J.T.; Abdurahiman, U.C. 1980, Additional notes on Platyscapa Motschulsky (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae). Proceedings. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam (C) 83:206 [1]