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Ficus gall wasp

Josephiella microcarpae Beardsley & Rasplus, 2001

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The ficus gall wasp (Josephiella microcarpae) is a species in the family Epichrysomallidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the ficus gall wasp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ficus gall wasp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ficus gall wasp as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Cyprus

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the ficus gall wasp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ficus gall wasp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyEpichrysomallidae
  6. genusJosephiella
  7. SpeciesJosephiella microcarpae Beardsley & Rasplus, 2001
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Fig blister gallEnglish
  • Fig leaf gall waspEnglish
  • Κηκιδόσφηκα του φίκουGreek

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ficus gall wasp

Other species in the same genus Josephiella.

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Common questions

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Is the ficus gall wasp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ficus gall wasp as introduced in 1 country: Cyprus, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the ficus gall wasp?

The ficus gall wasp (Josephiella microcarpae) belongs to the family Epichrysomallidae in the order Hymenoptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ficus gall wasp (Josephiella microcarpae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ficus-gall-wasp

MLA

“Ficus gall wasp (Josephiella microcarpae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ficus-gall-wasp.

BibTeX
@misc{ficus_gall_wasp_2026,
  title = {Ficus gall wasp (Josephiella microcarpae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ficus-gall-wasp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}