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Platyscapa
Sign in to savePlatyscapa 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.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Platyscapa, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.
Vinony files it under Agaonidae and Hymenoptera genera.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Agaonidae
- Collections
- ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, India, Ethiopia
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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.
== Species == Platyscapa awekei Wiebes, 1977 Platyscapa arnottiana Abdurahiman, 1980 Platyscapa bergi Wiebes, 1986 Platyscapa clavigera (Mayr 1885) 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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