Wiebesia

Wiebesia is a genus in the family Agaonidae (fig wasps). The scientific name of this genus was first published in 1988 by Boucek.[1]

Wiebesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Agaonidae
Genus:	Wiebesia Boucek, 1988

Pollinating fig wasps are specific to specific figs. Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang, the source of aiyu jelly, is pollinated by Wiebesia pumilae.[2]

Types

The genus Wiebesia includes the following species:

• Wiebesia boldinghi (Grandi, 1916)
• Wiebesia callida (Grandi, 1927)
• Wiebesia clavata (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia contubernalis (Grandi, 1927)
• Wiebesia corneri (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia flava (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia gomberti (Grandi, 1928)
• Wiebesia Isabella (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia macula (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia minuta (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia nuda (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia partita (Boucek, 1988)
• Wiebesia planocrea (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia pumilae (Hill, 1967)
• Wiebesia punctatae (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia sensillata (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia Vechti (Wiebes, 1993)
• Wiebesia vidua (Wiebes, 1980)

Reference

1. Bouček, Z. (1988). Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). C.A.B. International. ISBN 0-85198-607-2. OCLC 17918060.
2. Bain, Anthony; Tzeng, Hsy-Yu; Wu, Wen-Jer; Chou, Lien-Siang (December 2015). "Ficus (Moraceae) and fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Taiwan". Botanical Studies. 56 (1): 11. doi:10.1186/s40529-015-0090-x. ISSN 1999-3110. PMC 5432906. PMID 28510820.