Ficus petiolaris and associated fig wasps

Taxa

Ficus petiolaris (Family Moraceae; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Americana)

• Common name: Sonoran Desert rock fig
  

Fig wasps (Superfamily: Chalcidoidea)

• Pegoscapus sp. (Family: Agaonidae) - pollinator
  

• Idarnes spp. (Family: unplaced; Subfamily Sycophaginae) - three non-pollinators
  
• Heterandrium spp. (Family: unplaced) - two non-pollinators
  
• Aepocerus sp. (Family: unplaced) - one non-pollinator
  
• Physothorax sp. (Family: Torymidae) - parasitoid of Aepocerus
  

Field Sites

Baja California Sur

In latitudinal order from south to north:

• Site 70: San Bartolo
• Site 96: La Paz Summit
• Site 112: Mesa de La Caguama
• Site 119: El Potrero (Shrine of the Fig)
• Site 158: Aguajito Higuera
• Site 172: La Purificacion

Baja California (Norte)

• Site 158: Canyon Aguajito Higuera (Canyon Yubay)

Sonora

In latitudinal order from south to north:

• Site 100: Nacapulé Canyon
• Site 113: La Pintada

Field Site Locations

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