Platyscapa Explained

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.^[1]

Species

• Platyscapa awekei Wiebes, 1977
• Platyscapa arnottiana Abdurahiman, 1980
• Platyscapa bergi Wiebes, 1986
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Platyscapa . www.figweb.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104220716/http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Agaonidae/Platyscapa/index.htm . 2004-11-04.