This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Koutsoukos, Evangelos, Compton, Stephen G., Noort, Simon van, Avtzis, Dimitrios N., Askew, Richard R. (2024): A new species of Ormyrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Ormyridae) developing in figs of Ficus microcarpa in Europe. European Journal of Taxonomy 917: 170-193, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.917.2397, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/239…
Abstract. Known by many names, the Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa L.) is a monoecious plant species originating from south-eastern Asia which has been introduced as an ornamental in numerous areas outside its native range, including the Mediterranean. Like every species of Ficus, it is associated with a series of chalcid wasp species, known as fig wasps. These species are distributed in the families Agaonidae, Epichrysomallidae, Eurytomidae, Ormyridae and Pteromalidae. In this publication, we describe a new species of Ormyrus Westwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Ormyridae), O. microcarpae Askew & Koutsoukos sp. nov., reared from figs of F. microcarpa collected from Greece and Cyprus. The new species is compared with O. lini and O. watshami. This species is likely to be a parasitoid of Meselatus bicolor Chen, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Epichrysomallidae). In addition, the previously unknown female of O. lini is also described and illustrated. This publication constitutes the first report of species of Ormyrus associated with figs in Europe.
GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e0b52592-87d6-49a5-9589-777f265ddb74
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FF85FA5FFFDBFFD7FFF53A230D27FFA4
Citation: Koutsoukos E, Compton S G, Noort S V, Avtzis D N, Askew R R, plazi (2024). A new species of Ormyrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Ormyridae) developing in figs of Ficus microcarpa in Europe. European Journal of Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/99vsrs accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.