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First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber, with estimation of the size of its host figs

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  • 1. PPG em Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil;
  • 2. INRA, UMR 1062 CBGP, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France;
  • 3. Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Biology, Lebanese University, Fanar Matn, Lebanon;
  • 4. School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; & Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

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Farache, Fernando H. A., Rasplus, Jean-Yves, Azar, Dany, Pereira, Rodrigo A. S., Compton, Stephen G. (2016): First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber, with estimation of the size of its host figs. Journal of Natural History 50: 2237-2247, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193646, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1193646

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