Schistonchus caprifici is a plant parasitic nematode in the genus Schistonchus parasitizing the caprifig (Ficus carica sylvestris). It is found in Spain and Italy.Molecular variability and phylogeny of Schistonchus caprifici (Gasperrini, 1864) Cobb, 1927 (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from Italy and Spain. Luca, F. de Castillo, Pablo Troccoli, Alberto Vovlas, Nicola Palomares Rius, Juan E. Juan, Nematology, 2010, volume 12, issue 4, pages 641-648, (abstract)
Blastophaga psenes is the vector of the nematode bringing it to the fig tree. This species is also transported by the cleptoparasite Philotrypesis caricae (Agaonidae). (article)Schistonchus caprifici parasitizing caprifig (Ficus carica sylvestris) florets and the relationship with its fig wasp (Blastophaga psenes) vector, Vovlas N, Inserra R.N and Greco N, Nematologica, 1992, volume 38, number 2, pages 215-226, ,
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