Platyscapa

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 Urostigma.[2]

Platyscapa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Agaonidae
Genus: Platyscapa
Motschoulsky, 1863[1]
Type species
Platyscapa frontalis
Motschulsky, 1863
Species

See text

Species
  • Platyscapa awekei Wiebes, 1977
  • Platyscapa arnottiana Abdurahiman, 1980
  • Platyscapa bergi Wiebes, 1986
  • Platyscapa corneri Wiebes, 1980
  • Platyscapa coronata (Grandi, 1928)
  • Platyscapa binghami Wiebes, 1980
  • Platyscapa desertorum Compton, 1990
  • Platyscapa etiennei Wiebes, 1977
  • Platyscapa fischeri Wiebes, 1977
  • Platyscapa frontalis Motschulsky, 1863
  • Platyscapa hsui Chen & Chou, 1997
  • Platyscapa indica Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997
  • Platyscapa innumerabilis (Fullaway, 1913)
  • Platyscapa ishiiana (Grandi, 1923)
  • Platyscapa paschimaghatensis Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997
  • Platyscapa quadraticeps (Mayr, 1885)
  • Platyscapa sahiana Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997
  • Platyscapa tjahela (Abdurahiman & Joseph, 1975)
  • Platyscapa soraria Wiebes, 1980
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References
  1. Motschulsky, V. de. 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'Ile Ceylon (Suite). Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody (Otdel Biologicheskiy). 36(3):1-153.
  2. http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Agaonidae/Platyscapa/index.htm
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