Explore: Pegoscapus

from the Dominican Republic. Pegoscapus is a genus of fig wasp in the family Agaonidae. As a pollinating fig wasp, Pegoscapus share an obligate mutualistic

Pegoscapus bacataensis is a species of fig wasp in the genus Pegoscapus which is native to Colombia. It has an obligate mutualism with Ficus andicola

the pollinator Pegoscapus assuetus and syconia of F. citrifolia. Parasitodiplogaster laevigata is a parasite of the pollinator Pegoscapus assuetus. Mites:

contribute to the incredible diversity of figs and fig wasp species like Pegoscapus as they result in hybridization and introgression. Conservation efforts

Pegoscapus mexicanus is a species of fig wasp which is native to Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. It has an obligate mutualism with

Americana of subgenus Urostigma are pollinated by wasps in the genus Pegoscapus. Pegoscapus clusiifolidis was described from Ficus clusiifolia (a synonym of

their fig species in order to reproduce. Ficus aurea is pollinated by Pegoscapus mexicanus (Ashmead). Figs have complicated inflorescences called syconia

verticillata Waterston, 1921 Nigeriella Wiebes 1974 Paragaon Joseph, 1959 Pegoscapus Cameron, 1906 Platyscapa Motschoulsky, 1863 Pleistodontes Saunders, 1882

to pollinators. The flowers are pollinated by very small wasps such as Pegoscapus that crawl through the opening in search of a suitable place to lay eggs

plant-parasitic nematodes associated with the pollinator Pegoscapus assuetus and Pegoscapus mexicanus respectively and syconia of Ficus citrifolia and