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Species Blastophaga psenes

Blastophaga psenes - female Blastophaga psenes - female Blastophaga psenes - female Blastophaga psenes - 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 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(1)