(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)
The story does not end here. There is a diversity of non-pollinating fig wasps that also reproduce in the fig. Some of these are gallers like the pollinators and others are parasitoids of the gallers.
Photographs © Simon van Noort
Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).
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