| Fig wasps | |
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| Blastophaga psenes female | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Infraorder: | Proctotrupomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
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. Pollinating fig wasps are all gall-makers, while non-pollinating fig wasps either make their own galls or usurp the galls of other fig wasps. The lifestyles of these fig wasps rely on the fruit of fig trees to reproduce, with pollinating fig wasps acting as mutualists, and non-pollinating fig wasps as parasitoids.[1]
- ^ Dunn, Derek W (2020-05-05). "Stability in fig tree–fig wasp mutualisms: how to be a cooperative fig wasp". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaa027. ISSN 0024-4066.
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