''Schistonchus caprifici'' is a plant parasitic nematode in the genus '' Schistonchus'' parasitizing the caprifig ('' Ficus carica sylvestris''). It is found in Spain and Italy. ''

Blastophaga psenes ''Blastophaga psenes'' is a wasp species in the genus '' Blastophaga''. It pollinates the common fig ''Ficus carica'' and the closely related '' Ficus palmata''. Without a colony or nest, these wasps breed in figs and the adults live for only a ...

'' is the vector of the nematode bringing it to the fig tree. This species is also transported by the

cleptoparasite Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when foo ...

'' Philotrypesis caricae'' (

Agaonidae The family Agaonidae is a group of pollinating and nonpollinating fig wasps. They spend their larval stage inside the fruits of figs. The pollinating wasps ( Agaoninae, Kradibiinae, and Tetrapusiinae) are the mutualistic partners of the fig tr ...

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Schistonchus caprifici parasitizing caprifig (Ficus carica sylvestris) florets and the relationship with its fig wasp (Blastophaga psenes) vector, Vovlas N, Inserra R.N and Greco N, Nematologica, 1992, volume 38, number 2, pages 215-226, ,

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Aphelenchoididae Nematodes described in 1927 {{Secernentea-stub