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Agaoninae
The family Agaonidae is a group of pollinating fig wasps. They spend their larval stage inside the fruits of figs. The pollinating wasps (Agaoninae, Kradibiinae, and Tetrapusiinae) are the mutualistic partners of the fig trees. Extinct forms from the Eocene and Miocene are nearly identical to modern forms, suggesting that the niche has been stable over geologic time.
13 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Pleistodontes
genusPleistodontes
Eupristina
genusEupristina
Pegoscapus
genusPegoscapus
Elisabethiella
genusElisabethiella
Platyscapa
genusPlatyscapa
Waterstoniella
genusWaterstoniella
Agaon
genusAgaon
Alfonsiella
genusAlfonsiella
Allotriozoon
genusAllotriozoon
Paragaon
genusParagaon
Deilagaon
genusDeilagaon
Courtella
genusCourtella
Nigeriella
genusNigeriella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 527669.