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Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside fig syconia. Some are pollinators but others simply feed off the plant. The non-pollinators belong to several groups within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, while the pollinators are in the family Agaonidae .
Most of the figs from a classic fig tree contain at least one dead wasp.
Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times. [ 2 ]
When the female wasps enter the opening of a fig, their wings and antennae detach. [9] Upon dissecting a fig, the wings of the wasps can be seen at the opening of the fig. Additionally, adult wasps, larvae, and eggs are found within the fig. [7] The wasps are free-living and their lifespan spans from a few days to weeks. [4]
The long ovipositor is pierced through the fig wall to infect the fig wasp larvae during their development inside the flower galls. [4] Penetration of the syconium wall may last from 6 to 55 minutes, [2] depending on the wasp and fig species. Ceratosolen wasps are key pollinator species, and their production is consequently reduced. [5]
Agaonid wasps have a symbiotic relationship with figs such that a given agaonid species acts as a pollinator for just one species of fig, and a particular fig species is pollinated by just one species of wasp. F. citrifolia is pollinated by P. assuetus. After pollination, figs ripen quickly.
Ficus abutilifolia, the large-leaved rock fig, [1] is a species of African rock-splitting [3] fig that occurs in two disjunct regions, one population north, and another south of the equator. The two populations are pollinated by different fig wasps, and are morphologically distinct. [ 4 ]
Pegoscapus is a genus of fig wasp in the family Agaonidae. As a pollinating fig wasp, Pegoscapus share an obligate mutualistic relationship with fig trees of the genus Ficus via association with fig inflorescences , commonly called figs. [3] Males are smaller in size with shorter antennae than females. Males have a black head and amber-colored ...