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Gynandromorphism in pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera : Agaonidae)
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Entomological News. Amer Entomol Soc, v. 114, n. 3, n. 152, n. 155, 2003.
0013-872X
WOS:000223304200005
Autor
Pereira, RAS
Prado, AP
Kjellberg, F
Institución
Resumen
Gynandromorph specimens of pollinating fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) are reported for the first time. Gynandromorph individuals of Pegoscapus tonduzi (pollinator of Ficus citrifolia - Moraceae) and Blastophaga psenes (pollinator of E carica) were found in galls from which insects had not emerged. P. tonduzi gynandromorph specimens showed female and male tissues distributed in a mosaic over all parts of the body, but with the genitalia predominantly masculine, while in B. psenes the individuals had a female front part and a male hind part. The presence of gynanadromorphs at low frequencies in two species suggests that they may also occur in other fig wasp species, but their occurrence is not noticed because of their low frequency and because it is necessary to crack open the closed galls to find these insects. 114 3 152 155