Platyscapa soraria

Platyscapa soraria is a species of fig wasp; it is the pollinator of Ficus ingens.^[1][2]

Platyscapa soraria
Female Platyscapa soraria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Agaonidae
Genus:	Platyscapa
Species:	P. soraria
Binomial name
Platyscapa soraria Wiebes, 1980

Male Platyscapa soraria

Description

Female: Blackish. Head shorter than wide, antenna with 11 segments. Fore wing 1.3 mm long; submarginal, marginal, stigmal and postmarginal vein ratio of about 22:6:5:4; length of hind tarsus twice that of tibia. Length (head, mesosoma and metasoma) 1.4 mm; ovipositor length 0.8 mm.^[3]

Range

Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, but probably also present in the entire range of the host fig, Ficus ingens.^[1]

Habitat

Woodland; Ficus ingens is often found in rocky places.^[1]