| Blastophaga | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Genus: |
Blastophaga Gravenhorst, 1829 |
| Type species | |
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Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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| Species | |
Blastophaga auratae
Blastophaga psenes
Blastophaga yeni
Blastophaga is a wasp genus in the family Agaonidae (fig wasps) which pollinate figs or are otherwise associated with figs, a coevolutional relationship that has been developing for at least 80 million years. Pollinating fig wasps are specific to specific figs. The common fig Ficus carica is pollinated by Blastophaga psenes.