Ability to gall: The ultimate basis of host specificity in fig wasps? [PDF]
, 2015 1. Fig trees (Ficus spp.) and their host-specific pollinator fig wasps (Agaonidae) are partners in an obligate mutualism. Receptive phase figs release specific volatiles to attract their pollinators, and this is generally effective in preventing ...
Berg +79 more
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First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber, with estimation of the size of its host figs [PDF]
, 2016 Fig trees and their pollinating fig wasps arose about 75 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. Several other groups of chalcid wasps also utilize figs for larval development, including sycophagines, the putative sister group to pollinating fig ...
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Structural and ultrastructural characterization of male reproductive tracts and spermatozoa in fig wasps of the genus Pegoscapus (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) [PDF]
, 2008 The three Pegoscapus species present the same internal reproductive tract features comprising testes with a single testicular tubule, seminal vesicles, vasa deferentia, accessory glands and an ejaculatory duct.
Báo, Sônia Nair +2 more
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Revision of the Australasian genus Pseudidarnes Girault, 1927 (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae, Sycophaginae)
ZooKeys, 2014 The species of Pseudidarnes are revised, and six species are described: P. acaudus Farache & Rasplus, sp. n.; P. astridae Farache & Rasplus, sp. n.; P. badiogeminus Farache & Rasplus, sp. n.; P. cooki Farache & Rasplus, sp.
Fernando Farache, Jean-Yves Rasplus
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New records of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from the Maltese Islands with an updated checklist [PDF]
, 2019 Thirty-three species of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) are newly recorded from the Maltese Islands, of which, 19 include host data. An updated checklist for the 181 chalcidoid species recorded from Malta is also included, which belong to 17 families as ...
Askew, Richard R., Mifsud, David
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A checklist of Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2016 The chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is one of the largest groups of wasps with tremendous morphological, ecological, biological, and taxonomic diversity whose economic importance is being pest natural enemies or plant pests. The unknown chalcid
Seyed Abbas Moravvej +2 more
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A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) are extremely diverse with more than 23,000 species described and over 500,000 species estimated to exist. This is the first comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily based on a molecular analysis of 18S and 28S ...
James B Munro +7 more
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Molecular species delimitation of a symbiotic fig-pollinating wasp species complex reveals extreme deviation from reciprocal partner specificity [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Symbiotic relationships have contributed to major evolutionary innovations, the maintenance of fundamental ecosystem functions, and the generation and maintenance of biodiversity. However, the exact nature of host/symbiont associations, which
al Beidh, Sarah +2 more
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Premature attraction of pollinators to inaccessible figs of Ficus altissima: a search for ecological and evolutionary consequences. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Adult life spans of only one or two days characterise life cycles of the fig wasps (Agaonidae) that pollinate fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae). Selection is expected to favour traits that maximise the value of the timing of encounters between such ...
Yuan Zhang +3 more
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Inbreeding and population structure in two pairs of cryptic fig wasp species [PDF]
, 2004 We used recently developed microsatellites to directly estimate inbreeding levels in two pairs of coexisting cryptic fig wasp species ('Pegoscapus hoffmeyeri sp. A and sp. B', 'P. gemellus sp. A and sp. B').
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