Asymmetric sharing of pollinator fig wasps between two sympatric dioecious fig trees: a reflection of supply and demand or differences in the size of their figs?

Botanical Studies

Table 3 Measurements of adult female fig wasps reared from figs of Ficus hirta and Ficus triloba

Valisia	Host	Median head width (mm) Range (n)	Median head length (mm) Range (n)	Median ovipositor length (mm) Range (n)
V. javana sp.1	F. hirta	0.41 0.37–0.47 (34)	0.39 0.35–0.44 (37)	0.59 0.46–0.78 (37)
V. esquirolianae	F. triloba	0.42 0.39–0.47 (30)	0.40 0.29–0.46 (33)	0.59 0.55–0.70 (28)

(n) = the number of individuals measured. V. esquirolianae had significantly wider heads than V. javana sp. 1 (T = 2.76, p = 0.008), but the maximum head widths recorded were similar in the two species. There was no significant difference in their head widths (T = 0.88, P = 0.382) nor the lengths of their ovipositors (T = 1.09, P = P = 0.281)