''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating
fig wasp
Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside figs. Most are pollinators but others simply feed off the plant. The non-pollinators belong to several groups within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, while the ...
s found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''
Ficus
''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extendi ...
'' species belonging to subsections ''
Conosycea'' and ''
Urostigma
A banyan, also spelled "banian", is a Ficus, fig that develops accessory trunks from Aerial_root#"Stranglers"_(prop-root), adventitious prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. This distinguishes banyans from other trees ...
''.
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Species
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Platyscapa awekei''
Wiebes, 1977
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Platyscapa arnottiana''
Abdurahiman, 1980
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Platyscapa bergi
''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and '' Ur ...
''
Wiebes, 1986
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Platyscapa corneri''
Wiebes, 1980
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Platyscapa coronata'' (
Grandi, 1928)
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Platyscapa binghami
''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus
''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of wo ...
''
Wiebes, 1980
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Platyscapa desertorum''
Compton, 1990
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Platyscapa etiennei''
Wiebes, 1977
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Platyscapa fischeri
''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''Uro ...
''
Wiebes, 1977
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Platyscapa frontalis
''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''Uro ...
''
Motschulsky, 1863
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Platyscapa hsui''
Chen & Chou, 1997
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Platyscapa indica''
Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997
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Platyscapa innumerabilis''
(Fullaway, 1913)
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Platyscapa ishiiana''
(Grandi, 1923)
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Platyscapa paschimaghatensis''
Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997
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Platyscapa quadraticeps''
(Mayr, 1885)
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Platyscapa sahiana''
Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997
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Platyscapa tjahela
''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''Uro ...
''
(Abdurahiman & Joseph, 1975)
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Platyscapa soraria
''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''Uro ...
''
Wiebes, 1980
References
Agaonidae
Hymenoptera genera
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