A new species of high mountain Andean fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) with a detailed description of its life cycle

dc.creator	Jansen González, Sergio
dc.creator	Sarmiento Monroy, Carlos Eduardo
dc.date.accessioned	2025-11-03T14:59:40Z
dc.date.issued	2008-01
dc.description.abstract	The interaction between plants of the genus Ficus (Moraceae) and wasps of the family Agaonidae (Hymenoptera) has been well studied for a long time. However, there are few studies concerned with the basic biology of the wasps in general and even fewer studies in the Neotropics. This paper describes a new species of fig wasp, Pegoscapus bacataensis, pollinator of the Andean fig tree, Ficus andicola; as well as provides the first detailed description of the fig wasp life cycle. Five larval instars were detected, with the last two having sclerotized mouthparts. The pupa is exarate. Adults emerge about 130 days after eclosion, a time span longer than that commonly reported for pollinating fig wasps.
dc.description.procedence	Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Básicas::Facultad de Ciencias::Escuela de Biología
dc.identifier.issn	0334-5114
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/103091
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	0
dc.rights	acceso abierto
dc.source	Symbiosis, 45, 135-142
dc.subject	Agaonidae
dc.subject	Pegoscapus bacataensis
dc.subject	life cycle
dc.subject	larva
dc.subject	pupa
dc.subject	fig wasp
dc.title	A new species of high mountain Andean fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) with a detailed description of its life cycle
dc.type	artículo original

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