Blastophaga psenes

Blastophaga psenes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Agaonidae
Genus:	Blastophaga
Species:	B. psenes
Binomial name
	Blastophaga psenes; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Blastophaga grossorum Gravenhorst, 1827; Blastophaga vaidi Joseph, 1954; Cynips psenes Linnaeus, 1758;

Blastophaga psenes is a wasp species in the genus Blastophaga. It pollinates the common fig Ficus carica and the closely related Ficus palmata.^[3] These wasps breed in figs without the need for a colony or nest, and the adults live for only a few days or weeks.^[4] They locate the fig they wish to pollinate primarily using through olfaction.^[5]

^ Vovlas, Nicola; Alessandra Larizza (1996). "Relationships of Schistonchus caprifici (Aphelenchoididae) with fig inflorescences, the fig pollinator Blastophaga psenes, and its cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae". Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 19 (5): 443–448.
^ "Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus, 1758)". GBIF.org. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^ "Blastophaga psenes Linnaeus". Figweb. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ L. F. Kjellberg; P.-H. Gouyon; M. Ibrahim; M. Raymond; G. Valdeyron (July 1987). "The Stability of the Symbiosis between Dioecious Figs and Their Pollinators: A Study of Ficus carica L. and Blastophaga psenes". Evolution. 41 (4): 693–704. doi:10.2307/2408881. JSTOR 2408881. PMID 28564365.
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