ACTIVE POLLINATION OF FICUS SUR BY 2 SYMPATRIC FIG WASP SPECIES IN WEST-AFRICA

Ceratosolen silvestrianus and C. arabicus are two species of agaonine fig wasps that co-occur in the figs of Ficus sur in West Africa. Our w ork in the Ivory Coast shows that both are active pollinators, and tha t they may be found together in the same syconia. In our study area, C . silvestrianus is much more abundant than C. flabellatus. We found no competitive effect for oviposition sites on C. silvestrianus, and hyp othesize that habitat preferences allow the coexistence of two sympatr ic active pollinators in the same Ficus host in the Ivory Coast.