The obligate fig-pollinator family Agaonidae in Germany (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) [PDF]
Mitteilungen Aus Dem Museum Fur Naturkunde in Berlin - Deutsche Entomologische ZeitschriftAll native and many cultivated fig plants are pollinated by representatives of the family Agaonidae (fig wasps), which are specialised, secondarily phytophagous relatives of parasitoid wasps that evolved an obligate mutualism with fig trees.
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Adaptation of Fig Wasps (Agaodinae) to Their Host Revealed by Large-Scale Transcriptomic Data [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Figs and fig wasps are highly species-specific and comprise a model system for studying co-evolution and co-speciation. The evolutionary relationships and molecular adaptations of fig wasps to their fig hosts are poorly understood, and this is in part ...
Lianfu Chen +6 more
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Inferring the Phylogenetic Positions of Two Fig Wasp Subfamilies of Epichrysomallinae and Sycophaginae Using Transcriptomes and Mitochondrial Data [PDF]
Life, 2021 Fig wasps are a group of insects (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) that live in the compact syconia of fig trees (Moraceae: Ficus). Accurate classification and phylogenetic results are very important for studies of fig wasps, but the taxonomic statuses of some
Dan Zhao +6 more
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Association of Fig Pollinating Wasps and Fig Nematodes inside Male and Female Figs of a Dioecious Fig Tree in Sumatra, Indonesia [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Nematodes can grow within the inflorescences of many fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae); however, the feeding behaviour of most nematodes is not known. Fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) transfer nematodes into young figs upon the wasps’ entry ...
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Fine Structure and Optical Features of the Compound Eyes of Adult Female Ceratosolen gravelyi (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) [PDF]
InsectsPollinating fig wasps (Agaonidae) engage in an obligate mutualism with Ficus species, which is mediated by host-specific chemical cues. However, the role of visual perception in host recognition remains poorly understood, particularly because of a lack ...
Hua Xie +7 more
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Two Complete Mitogenomes of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): Genome Description and Phylogenetic Implications [PDF]
Insects, 2021 The complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Chalcididae were newly sequenced: Brachymeria lasus and Haltichella nipponensis. Both circular mitogenomes are 15,147 and 15,334 bp in total length, respectively, including 13 protein-coding genes ...
Huifeng Zhao +4 more
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Mitochondrial genome of Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) and phylogenetic analysis [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis is an important natural enemy of the psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, a vector of the huanglongbing (HLB). Here, we sequenced and annotated the mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of D. aligarhensis.
Yimin Du +3 more
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More examples of breakdown the 1:1 partner specificity between figs and fig wasps [PDF]
Botanical Studies, 2021 Background The obligate mutualism between fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) and pollinating fig wasps (Agaonidae) is a model system for studying co-evolution due to its perceived extreme specificity, but recent studies have reported a number of examples of ...
Hui Yu +4 more
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Does Transport Matter? Functional Integration of the Pollen on the Fig Wasp Body in Active and Passive Pollination of Fig Trees [PDF]
PlantsThe obligate mutualism between Ficus and its pollinating wasps provides a suitable system to investigate these dynamics because it encompasses two contrasting pollination modes: active and passive. Here we compared pollen traits in an actively pollinated
Ana Julia Peracini +2 more
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Fig Macula as a Key Multifunctional Structure Mediating the Fig–Fig Wasp Mutualism [PDF]
PlantsPlant-insect mutualisms often drive the evolution of adaptive morphological and physiological traits, enabling ecological specialization and diversification.
Simone Pádua Teixeira +5 more
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