Wiebesia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Genus: | Wiebesia Boucek, 1988 |
Wiebesia is a genus in the family Agaonidae (fig wasps). The scientific name of this genus was first published in 1988 by Boucek.[1]
Pollinating fig wasps are specific to specific figs. Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang, the source of aiyu jelly, is pollinated by Wiebesia pumilae.[2]
Types
[edit]The genus Wiebesia includes the following species:
- Wiebesia boldinghi (Grandi, 1916)
- Wiebesia callida (Grandi, 1927)
- Wiebesia clavata (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia contubernalis (Grandi, 1927)
- Wiebesia corneri (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia flava (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia gomberti (Grandi, 1928)
- Wiebesia Isabella (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia macula (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia minuta (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia nuda (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia partita (Boucek, 1988)
- Wiebesia planocrea (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia pumilae (Hill, 1967)
- Wiebesia punctatae (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia sensillata (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia Vechti (Wiebes, 1993)
- Wiebesia vidua (Wiebes, 1980)
References
[edit]- ^ Bouček, Z. (1988). Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). C.A.B. International. ISBN 0-85198-607-2. OCLC 17918060.
- ^ Bain, Anthony; Tzeng, Hsy-Yu; Wu, Wen-Jer; Chou, Lien-Siang (December 2015). "Ficus (Moraceae) and fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Taiwan". Botanical Studies. 56 (1): 11. doi:10.1186/s40529-015-0090-x. ISSN 1999-3110. PMC 5432906. PMID 28510820.