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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Blastophaga psenes
Species
Blastophaga psenes
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
Blastophaga
Species
psenes
(Blastophaga psenes)
Explanation of Names
Blastophaga psenes
(Linnaeus 1758)
Range
Native to Asia; introduced to North America (CA-TX) and other continents to pollinate fig trees
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Works Cited
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Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by
Ken Wolgemuth
on 24 June, 2019 - 9:26pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 18 July, 2019 - 2:45pm