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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Fig wasps (Agaonidae) » Agaoninae » Pegoscapus

Genus Pegoscapus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Fig wasp? - Pegoscapus - female Fig wasp? - Pegoscapus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Agaonidae (Fig wasps)
Subfamily Agaoninae
Genus Pegoscapus
Explanation of Names
Pegoscapus Cameron 1906
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1), 46 spp. total(2)
Range
Florida and Mexico to Argentina
Food
seeds of banyan trees, Ficus (Urostigma) spp.
Life Cycle
Larvae spend their entire life inside the fruits of banyan trees
Remarks
Pollinator of banyan trees
Internet References
Taxon page(2)
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.van Noort S., Rasplus J.-Y. (2004-2014) Fig wasps
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 January, 2014 - 11:48am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 20 January, 2014 - 12:03am

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