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Low host specificity and broad geographic ranges in a community of parasitic non-pollinating fig wasps (Sycoryctinae; Chalcidoidea)

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Abstract

Three non-pollinating chalcid fig-wasp species have been reported from a dioecious fig, Ficus hirta Vahl., Philotrypesis josephib (tribe Philotrypesini), Sycoscapter hirticola and Sycoryctes sp. (tribe Sycoryctini). They oviposit into ovaries containing Valisia larvae by inserting their long ovipositor through the fig wall. Microsatellites across 24 geographical sites for these two tribes were collected to establish species genetic diversity, inbreeding and species boundaries. We sampled representatives of each fig wasp species emerging from individual figs at each location. For Philotrypesis, 262 individuals, each from a different fig, were genotyped at 6 unlinked microsatellite loci. The genotype data of Philotrypesis is in the sheet 1 with detailed sampling information and nuclear locus. For Sycoryctini, 203 individuals, each from a different fig, were genotyped at 7 unlinked microsatellite loci. The genotype data of Sycoryctini is in the sheet 2 with detailed sampling information and nuclear locus.