Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside figs. Most are pollinators but others simply feed off the plant. The non-pollinators belong to several groups within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, while the pollinators are in the family Agaonidae. While pollinating fig wasps are gall-makers, the remaining types either make their own galls or usurp the galls of other fig wasps; reports of them being parasitoids are considered dubious. History Aristotle recorded in his History of Animals that the fruits of the wild fig (the caprifig) contain psenes (fig wasps); these begin life as grubs (larvae), and the adult psen splits its "skin" (pupa) and flies out of the fig to find and enter a cultivated fig, saving it from dropping. He believed that the psen was generated spontaneously; he did not recognise that the fig was reproducing sexually and that the psen was assisting in that process. Taxonomy The fig wasps are a polyphyl
Los polinizadores pertenecen a varios grupos dentro de la superfamilia Chalcidoidea, mientras que los polinizadores pertenecen a la familia Agaonidae. Mientras que los polinizadores son productores de gallinas, los tipos restantes hacen sus propias gallinas o usurpan las gallinas de otras gallinas; los informes de que son parásitos se consideran dudosos. La historia de Aristóteles registró en su Historia de los Animales que los frutos de la higuera silvestre (el caprifigig) contienen psenos (higuera silvestre); estos comienzan la vida como grúas (larvas), y el perro adulto divide su "película" (pupa) y vuela de la higuera para encontrar y entrar en una higuera cultivada, salvándola de la caída. Él creyó que la higuera se generaba espontáneamente; no recono que la higuera reproducía sexualmente y el proceso de la polifonía era el de la higuera.