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Blastophaga psenes (Fig wasp)

Synonyms: Blastophaga grossorum (heterotypic); Blastophaga vaidi (heterotypic); Cynips psenes (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Blastophaga psenes is a wasp species in the genus Blastophaga. It pollinates the common fig Ficus carica and the closely related Ficus palmata. B. psenes has a short life cycle and is a free-living wasp. Without a colony or nest, these wasps breed in figs and live for only a few days or weeks. They locate the fig they wish to pollinate through olfactory senses.
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Prey / Diet

Ficus carica (piku)[1]

Providers

Parasite of 
Ficus carica (piku)[2]
Shelter 
Ficus carica (piku)[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Ficus carica (piku)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Longevity of a fig wasp (Blastophaga psenes), Finn Kjellberg, Brigitte Doumesche, and Judith L. Bronstein, ECOLOGY Preceedings C 91 (2), June 20, 1998, pp. 117-122
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0