Talk:Fig wasp

Major changes in fig wasp taxonomy

Daegil (talk) 08:51, 27 July 2013 (UTC) Recently, the molecular phylogeny has shown that the pollinating fig wasps (formerly the Agaoninae) are one whole group and the other subfamilies from the former Agaonidae family are from different lineages. I suggest a deep change in the "fig wasp" page. First the "fig wasp" are not only the Agaonidae but a very great number of genera and families of Hymenopteran insects. I suggest to focus the "fig wasp" page on all these species and to create an Agaonidae page for only the pollinating wasps species.

• Cruaud A, Jabbour-Zahab R, Genson G, Cruaud C, Couloux A, Kjellberg F, van Noort S, Rasplus J-Y (2010) Laying the foundations for a new classification of Agaonidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), a multilocus phylogenetic approach. Cladistics 26: 359-387. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00291.x

Fig wasps in New Zealand

• John W Early, Fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae and Torymidae) in New Zealand, New Zealand Entomologist 23:27-32 (December 2000))

• Gardner R.O., Early J.W. The naturalisation of banyan figs (Ficus spp., Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) in New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1996, Vol. 34: 103-110

Kahuroa 03:07, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Fly further than any other insect pollinator

Fig wasps travel further than any other insect The tiny creatures can cover 100 miles in two days. 128.232.253.41 (talk) 13:52, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Not sure how this is the case - Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico annually, over the course of 3-4 generations, which means they travel much, much further. 142.161.160.137 (talk) 19:44, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Not all are fig wasps

Agaonidae are certainly fig wasps, but the other three families, Pteromalidae, Ormyridae, Eurytomidae and Torymidae, have little or nothing to do with figs. Many species live where there aren't any fig trees and their life styles have nothing to do with figs. Why are they included in this article? --Polinizador (talk) 00:08, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

See the Taxonomy section. It seems you are about 99.5% correct, but perhaps it is still too early to make the change you are implying. Some rewording could be made to the effect that the name is coming to denote Agaonidae, but, etc etc. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:55, 29 October 2017 (UTC)