Ceratosolen [SEP] parent taxon
Ceratosolen
Ceratosolen is an Old World wasp genus in the family Agaonidae (fig wasps). They are pollinators of the monoecious fig subsections "Sycomorus" and "Sycocarpus", and the section "Neomorphe", all belonging to the subgenus "Sycomorus". The genus is native to the Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
Biology.
Adults enter through the fig ostiole, a narrow, bract-lined passage, then pollinate and attempt to oviposit on the flowers. Flower ovules that receive an egg
- "Ceratosolen bakeri"
- "Ceratosolen bianchii"
- "Ceratosolen bimerus"
- "Ceratosolen solmsi"
- "Ceratosolen solomensis"
- "Ceratosolen sordidus"
- "Ceratosolen stupefactus"
- "Ceratosolen vechti"
- "Ceratosolen vetustus"
- "Ceratosolen vissali"
- "Ceratosolen wui"