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Large-Scale Integrative Taxonomy of the Smallest Insects Reveals Astonishing Temperate Diversity (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae). [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) are a diverse but taxonomically understudied group of parasitoid wasps that attack the eggs of other insects. Being among the very smallest of all insects, they are often ignored in biodiversity surveys despite being one of the most abundant microhymenoptera in many habitats.
Hébert C, Favret C.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Host insect specificity and interspecific competition drive parasitoid diversification in a plant–insect community

Ecology, Volume 104, Issue 7, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Ecological interactions among plants, insect herbivores, and parasitoids are pervasive in nature and play important roles in community assembling, but the codiversification of tri‐trophic interactions has received less attention. Here we compare pairwise codiversification patterns between a set of 22 fig species, their herbivorous pollinating ...
Ai‐Ying Wang, Yan‐Qiong Peng, James M. Cook, Da‐Rong Yang, Da‐Yong Zhang, Wan‐Jin Liao   +5 more
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Pollinator and host sharing lead to hybridization and introgression in Panamanian free‐standing figs, but not in their pollinator wasps

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Deviations from strict host specificity in obligate pollination mutualisms provide opportunities for interspecific interactions between plant species, pollinator species, or both. We find fig–pollinator wasps to be well‐delimited species, deeply divergent from one another, with no evidence for hybridization or introgression.
Jordan D. Satler, Edward Allen Herre, Tracy A. Heath, Carlos A. Machado, Adalberto Gómez Zúñiga, K. Charlotte Jandér, Deren A. R. Eaton, John D. Nason   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determination of the Levels of Selected Essential Metals in Sycamore (Ficus sycomorus L) Fruit and Seed Using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Journal of Chemistry, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Background. Edible wild fruits are nature’s gift to mankind. Considering the growing need to identify alternative bio‐nutritional sources, some underutilized species of Ficus sycomorus L. of the family Moraceae were evaluated as wild edible fruits to study its nutritive and mineral composition in order to prioritize its edibility for people.
Dessie Ashagrie Tafere, Minbale Admas Teshager, Maria C. Yebra-Biurrun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global Geographical Patterns on the Historical Species Description Process of Fig Wasps (Agaonidae). [PDF]

Zool Stud
Fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae) constitute a key ecological role since they are the only known pollinators to Ficus (Moraceae), founding complex food webs. Taxonomy of Agaonidae is relatively well known due to their ecological importance and their mutualistic closed relationship with Ficus. However, the spatial and temporal
Hernández-Aguiar X, Rodríguez A, Nieves-Aldrey JL, Polidori C, Gómez JF, Gil-Tapetado D.   +5 more
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Where are the seeds? Lack of floral morphs prevent seed production by the tristylous Pontederia cordata in South Africa

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2022., 2022
We aimed to determine what limits seed production of the tristylous Pontederia cordata in South Africa, where it is widespread with impacts on the ecology of wetlands it invades. Floral traits and pollen grain measurements were similar to those reported for short morphed flowers from the native range, and the pollination study confirmed the absence of ...
Sage N. L. Wansell, Sjirk Geerts, Julie A. Coetzee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Komunitas serangga yang berasosiasi dengan buah Ficus racemosa L.

Jurnal Entomologi Indonesia, 2017
Penyerbukan bunga pada berbagai spesies  pohon fikus (Ficus spp.) hanya dapat dilakukan oleh serangga betina dari Famili Agaonidae (Ordo Hymenoptera).
Jauharlina Jauharlina, Afriyani Afriyani, M. Ikram Taufik   +2 more
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The overlooked complexity of avian brood parasite–host relationships

Ecology Letters, Volume 25, Issue 8, Page 1889-1904, August 2022., 2022
The relationships between avian brood parasites and their hosts are widely recognised as model systems for studying coevolution. However, while most brood parasites are known to parasitise multiple species of host and hosts are often subject to parasitism by multiple brood parasite species, the examination of multispecies interactions remains rare.
James A. Kennerley, Marius Somveille, Mark E. Hauber, Nicole M. Richardson, Andrea Manica, William E. Feeney   +5 more
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Genome‐wide sequence data show no evidence of hybridization and introgression among pollinator wasps associated with a community of Panamanian strangler figs

Molecular Ecology, Volume 31, Issue 7, Page 2106-2123, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The specificity of pollinator host choice influences opportunities for reproductive isolation in their host plants. Similarly, host plants can influence opportunities for reproductive isolation in their pollinators. For example, in the fig and fig wasp mutualism, offspring of fig pollinator wasps mate inside the inflorescence that the mothers ...
Jordan D. Satler, Edward Allen Herre, Tracy A. Heath, Carlos A. Machado, Adalberto Gómez Zúñiga, John D. Nason   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primer registro de la familia Agaonidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) en la fauna viviente de la Hispaniola

Novitates Caribaea, 2013
Se registra la presencia de la familia Agaonidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) para la República Dominicana en base a ejemplares colectados recientemente. Hasta el momento se han identificado los géneros Pegoscapus Cameron, 1906 y Tetrapus Mayr, 1885.
Candy Ramírez Pérez
doaj   +1 more source