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Differential effects of nematode infection on pollinating and non‐pollinating fig wasps: Can shared antagonism provide net benefits to a mutualism?

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 90, Issue 7, Page 1764-1775, July 2021., 2021
This article is the first to describe the phenomenon of nematode infection of non‐pollinating fig wasp taxa and its possible role in modulating network dynamics in fig–fig wasp communities. Similar facultative mutualisms may be more widespread than currently appreciated in other Arthropod‐rich community assemblages with shared resources in ephemeral ...
Justin Van Goor, Finn Piatscheck, Derek D. Houston, John D. Nason   +3 more
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Polinização e outras interações bióticas em sicônios de Ficus eximia Schott (Moraceae) [PDF]

, 2015
During the period from 1992 to 1997, interactions of several organisms and Ficus eximia figs, a monoecious species, were studied in plants located in Campinas/SP and Londrina/PR (Brazil).
MENEZES JR., AYRES DE OLIVEIRA, PEREIRA, RODRIGO AUGUSTO SANTINELO, SEMIR, JOÃO   +2 more
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Transcriptome‐facilitated development of SNPs for the Sonoran Desert rock fig, Ficus petiolaris (Moraceae)

Applications in Plant Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 7, July 2015., 2015
Premise of the study: Single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) primers were developed for a native North American desert fig, Ficus petiolaris (Moraceae), to provide markers for population genetic studies designed to quantify patterns of gene flow across a complex landscape.
Nicholas G. Davis, Derek D. Houston, John D. Nason   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutualism from the inside: coordinated development of plant and insect in an active pollinating fig wasp

, 2012
Recent studies on the obligate interaction between fig trees and their pollinating agaonid wasps have focused on population aspects and wasp-seed exploitation at the level of the inflorescence. Detailed studies on larval and gall development are required
Teixeira, Simone de Padua, Jansen-Gonzalez, Sergio, Santinelo Pereira, Rodrigo A.   +2 more
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How relevant is the relationship between ostiole size and wasp head shape in the Ficus-Agaonidae mutualistic interaction?

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
The mutualism between Ficus species (Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Agaonidae) is a widely recognized coevolutionary model. In Ficus species from the Paleotropic, it has been determined that the ostiole acts as a morphological filter that ...
Nadia Castro-Cárdenas, Armando Navarrete-Segueda, Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez   +2 more
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Solving the trophic puzzle: Host–parasite associations in Neotropical fig wasps associated with fig trees of section Americanae

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 284-294, April 2026.
We determined the trophic associations among fig wasp species associated with Ficus citrifolia by integrating gall morphology, the temporal sequence of wasp colonization, and oviposition behaviour. Dissection of galls produced by four gall‐inducing species at a late developmental phase enabled direct identification of occupants and inference of host ...
Leví Oliveira Barros, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli Farache, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira   +2 more
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High β‐diversity in fig wasp communities driven by species turnover in widely distributed Neotropical fig trees

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 2, February 2026.
Wasp communities associated with fig trees, Ficus spp., are a model system to investigate how local and regional processes shape biodiversity across large geographical ranges. We investigated the β‐diversity of fig wasp assemblages associated with three widely distributed Neotropical fig species – F. citrifolia, F. obtusifolia and F. pertusa – using 27
Elmecelli Moraes de Castro Souza, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli Farache, Luis Francisco Mello Coelho, Finn Kjellberg, Astrid Cruaud, Jean‐Yves Rasplus, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira   +6 more
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Putting the puzzle together: the relationship between floral characters and pollinator morphology determines pollination mode in the fig–fig wasp mutualism

Plant Biology, Volume 26, Issue 7, Page 1131-1143, December 2024.
Two pollination modes (passive and active) have been described based on the variation in floral traits in the genus Ficus (Moraceae), which are related to behaviour of their pollinators (Agaonidae fig wasps). Abstract The diversification of angiosperms has largely been attributed to adaptive radiation of their pollination and mating systems, which are ...
N. Castro‐Cárdenas, S. Martén‐Rodríguez, S. Vázquez‐Santana, G. Cornejo‐Tenorio, A. Navarrete‐Segueda, G. Ibarra‐Manríquez   +5 more
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Figure 2 in Life cycle and behaviour of Charoxus spinifer and Charoxus major (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), predators of fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae)

, 2012
Figure 2. Larva of Charoxus spinifer (instar III) approaching an adult Pegoscapus jimenezi (its prey) in a Ficus aurea syconium. Photograph by Robert Noonan.Published as part of Frank, J.H. & Nadel, H., 2012, Life cycle and behaviour of Charoxus spinifer
Frank, J.H., Nadel, H.
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Simultaneous pollinator occurence (Hymenoptera, Agaoninae) in a threatened species: Ficus mexiae Standley (Moraceae)

, 2013
In Brazil, Ficus mexiae is classified as Vulnerable under IUCN criteria, and to date there is only one report on pollinator activity for this species.
Kloss TG. G. (12829942), . Schiffler (12829939), JR Matos (12829945)   +2 more
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