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Table 2 Pollinators are ranked by abundance from individual host tree species. The names of Ficus species are mainly from Flora of China v5 except that F. triloba is from the revision of Berg 2007

From: More examples of breakdown the 1:1 partner specificity between figs and fig wasps

Subsection

Species

Trees

Location

N figs

Pollinator sp.1

Pollinator sp. 2

Pollinator sp. 3

Identity

N figs

N

wasps

(trees)

Identity

N figs

N

wasps

(trees)

Identity

N figs

N

wasps

(trees)

Monoecious

            

 Conosycea

F. microcarpa

3

SCBG

18

Eupristina verticillata agg.

18

19 (3)

      

F. benjamina

5

SCBG

13

Eupristina sp. 1

13

30 (5)

      

 Urostigma

F. subpisocarpa

3

SCBG

21

Platyscapa cf. hsui sp. 1

20

33 (3)

Platyscapa cf. hsui sp. 2

1

2 (1)

   

F. virens

1

SCBG

7

Platyscapa coronata

7

8 (1)

      

Dioecious

            

 Neomorphe

F. auriculata

1

SCBG

13

Ceratosolen cf. emarginatus sp. 1

12

30 (1)

Ceratosolen emarginatus sp. 2

1

1 (1)

   

F. oligodon

1

DHS

8

Ceratosolen cf. emarginatus sp. 2

7

26(1)

Ceratosolen emarginatus sp. 1

1

1 (1)

Blastophaga sp. 1

1

2 (1)

 Sycocarpus

F. hispida

2

DHS

6

Ceratosolen solmsi marchali

6

6 (2)

      
 

9

SCBG

22

Ceratosolen solmsi marchali

22

22 (9)

      

F. fistulosa

4

DHS

14

Ceratosolen hewitti

14

18 (4)

      

 Eriosycea

F. hirta

7

DHS

7

Valisia javana hilli

7

10 (7)

      

8

SCBG

8

Valisia javana hilli

8

8 (8)

      

F. triloba

9

DHS

17

Valisia javana hilli

8

11 (5)

Valisia esquirolianae

9

10 (4)

   
 

1

SCBG

1

Valisia javana hilli

1

1 (1)

      

 Frutescentiae

F. erecta

6

Chonghua

25

Blastophaga sp. 1

25

29 (6)

      

F. pyriformis

1

Yangchun

6

Blastophaga sp. 1

5

15 (1)

Ceratosolen sp. 1

1

1 (1)

   
 

1

Huizhou

3

Blastophaga sp. 1

3

6 (1)

      
 

1

DHS

1

Blastophaga sp. 1

1

3 (1)

      

F. variolosa

1

Dangan Island

3

Blastophaga sp. 1

3

9 (1)

      
  1. The names of fig wasps are mainly based on Cruaud et al. 2012. Eupristina verticillata is now understood to be an aggregate of similar species
  2. SCBG South China Botanical Garden, DHS Dinghu Mountain