''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating

fig wasp Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside figs. Most are pollinators but others simply feed off the plant. The non-pollinators belong to several groups within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, while ...

s found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''

Ficus ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending int ...

'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''

Urostigma A banyan, also spelled "banian", is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adventitious prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. This distinguishes banyans from other trees with a strangler habit that begin life as a ...

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Platyscapa awekei ''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of '' Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''U ...

'' Wiebes, 1977 *''

Platyscapa arnottiana ''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of '' Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''U ...

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Platyscapa bergi ''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''Uro ...

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Platyscapa corneri ''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of ''Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''Ur ...

'' Wiebes, 1980 *''

Platyscapa coronata ''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of '' Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''U ...

'' (Grandi, 1928) *''

Platyscapa binghami ''Platyscapa'' is a genus of 19 species of pollinating fig wasps found in Africa and Madagascar, Middle East, southern Asia and the Indo-Pacific islands. They are pollinators of '' Ficus'' species belonging to subsections '' Conosycea'' and ''U ...

'' Wiebes, 1980 *'' Platyscapa desertorum'' Compton, 1990 *'' Platyscapa etiennei'' Wiebes, 1977 *'' Platyscapa fischeri'' Wiebes, 1977 *'' Platyscapa frontalis'' Motschulsky, 1863 *'' Platyscapa hsui'' Chen & Chou, 1997 *'' Platyscapa indica'' Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997 *'' Platyscapa innumerabilis'' (Fullaway, 1913) *'' Platyscapa ishiiana'' (Grandi, 1923) *'' Platyscapa paschimaghatensis'' Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997 *'' Platyscapa quadraticeps'' (Mayr, 1885) *'' Platyscapa sahiana'' Priyadarsanan & Abdurahiman, 1997 *'' Platyscapa tjahela'' (Abdurahiman & Joseph, 1975) *'' Platyscapa soraria'' Wiebes, 1980

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Agaonidae Hymenoptera genera {{Chalcidoidea-stub