Wiebesia

Wiebesia
Scientific classification
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

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

1. Bouček, Z. (1988). Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). C.A.B. International. ISBN   0-85198-607-2. OCLC   17918060.
2. 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.