| Platyscapa soraria | |
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| Female Platyscapa soraria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Genus: | Platyscapa |
| Species: | P. soraria |
| Binomial name | |
| Platyscapa soraria Wiebes, 1980 | |
Platyscapa soraria is a species of fig wasp; it is the pollinator of Ficus ingens.
Description
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.
Range
Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, but probably also present in the entire range of the host fig, Ficus ingens.
Habitat
Woodland; Ficus ingens is often found in rocky places.
References
- ^ 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
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