Wiebesia

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)

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