Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside figs. Some are pollinators but others simply feed off the plant... 20 KB (1,961 words) - 21:10, 28 April 2024 |
higher elevations. Fig species are characterized by their unique inflorescence and distinctive pollination syndrome, which uses wasp species belonging... 49 KB (5,020 words) - 20:58, 28 April 2024 |
Ficus macrophylla (redirect from Moreton Bay Fig) figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps; figs are pollinated only by fig wasps, and fig wasps can reproduce only in fig flowers. The wasp partner... 39 KB (4,197 words) - 13:13, 21 March 2024 |
Banyan (redirect from Banyan Fig) syconium of Ficus species supply shelter and food for fig wasps and the trees depend on the fig wasps for pollination. Frugivore birds disperse the seeds... 25 KB (2,625 words) - 20:17, 18 April 2024 |
Ficus microcarpa (redirect from Curtain fig) widespread. The pollinating fig wasp associated with Ficus microcarpa is Eupristina verticillata. In addition, 19 non-pollinating fig wasp species parasitize Ficus... 18 KB (1,831 words) - 06:46, 22 April 2024 |
Ficus elastica (redirect from Rubber Fig) members of the genus Ficus, the flowers require a particular species of fig wasp to pollinate it in a co-evolved relationship. Because of this relationship... 9 KB (842 words) - 10:08, 9 April 2024 |
Ficus rubiginosa (redirect from Port Jackson fig) the fig wasp species Pleistodontes imperialis, which may comprise four cryptospecies. The syconia are also home to another fourteen species of wasp, some... 36 KB (3,868 words) - 22:09, 10 April 2024 |
Pegoscapus (section Non-pollinating fig wasps) Pegoscapus is a genus of fig wasp native to the Americas. They range from Florida and Mexico in the north to Argentina in the south. Fig wasps have an obligate... 28 KB (3,213 words) - 02:46, 28 April 2024 |
Coevolution (section Fig reproduction and fig wasps) fig, defined by their syconia, the fruit-like vessels that either hold female flowers or pollen on the inside. Each fig species has its own fig wasp which... 48 KB (5,354 words) - 15:22, 4 April 2024 |
Blastophaga psenes (category Wasps described in 1758) Blastophaga psenes is a wasp species in the genus Blastophaga. It pollinates the common fig Ficus carica and the closely related Ficus palmata. Without... 18 KB (2,283 words) - 18:33, 4 June 2023 |
Ficus watkinsiana (redirect from Watkin's Fig) Port Jackson fig wasps (Pleistodontes imperialis) are able to do the job as substitute pollinators. The wasps and the strangler figs have a mutualistic... 5 KB (502 words) - 02:19, 29 January 2023 |
Ficus aurea (redirect from Florida Strangler Fig) Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps: figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can only reproduce in fig flowers. The... 41 KB (4,330 words) - 21:43, 10 April 2024 |
short styles and male flowers and produce pollen. Once pollinated by a fig wasp, the individual florets inside the syconium develop into achenes or drupes... 5 KB (590 words) - 22:05, 18 March 2024 |
Ficus obliqua (redirect from Small-leaved Fig) lining an internal cavity. Ficus obliqua is pollinated by two species of fig wasp—Pleistodontes greenwoodi and P. xanthocephalus. Many species of bird, including... 31 KB (3,121 words) - 20:11, 27 April 2022 |
Ficus amplissima (redirect from Indian bat fig) associated with a fig wasp, an agaonid wasp which acts as its sole pollinator as this wasp lays its eggs only on trees of this species. All fig trees have this... 16 KB (1,725 words) - 21:42, 10 April 2024 |
Ficus pumila (redirect from Dwarf Creeping Fig) Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The plant requires the fig wasp Blastophaga pumilae for pollination, and is fed upon by larvae of the butterfly... 7 KB (658 words) - 22:05, 10 April 2024 |
Ficus pleurocarpa (redirect from Gabi Fig) hemiepiphyte. Figs have an obligate mutualism with fig wasps, (Agaonidae); figs are pollinated only by fig wasps, and fig wasps can reproduce only in fig flowers... 13 KB (1,326 words) - 04:41, 11 November 2021 |
Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes... 13 KB (1,244 words) - 16:37, 25 December 2023 |
nigriventris is a species of fig wasp which is native to Australia. It has an obligate mutualism with Ficus watkinsiana, the fig species it pollinates. Lopez-Vaamonde... 2 KB (86 words) - 10:36, 26 February 2021 |
Domestication of Ficus carica (section Smyrna figs) (parthenogenetically). Figs and fig wasps have had a symbiotic relationship throughout history. The fig wasps need the figs in order to reproduce, while the figs rely on... 12 KB (1,693 words) - 04:30, 23 October 2023 |
heights of 30 m (98 ft). Like all figs it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps; F. maxima is only pollinated by the fig wasp Tetrapus americanus, and T.... 30 KB (3,112 words) - 13:00, 25 April 2024 |