Biology:Pleistodontes imperialis

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Short description: Species of wasp

Pleistodontes imperialis
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Male and female from an introduced population on Maui
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Agaonidae
Subfamily: Agaoninae
Genus: Pleistodontes
Species:
P. imperialis
Binomial name
Pleistodontes imperialis
Saunders, 1882
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleistodontes nigricaput Girault
  • Pleistodontes nigris Girault

Pleistodontes imperialis is a species of fig wasp which is native to Australia . It has an obligate mutualism with Ficus rubiginosa, the fig species it pollinates. It is the type species of the genus Pleistodontes.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Dixon, Dale J.; Cook, James M.; Rasplus, Jean-Yves (2002). "Revision of the Australian species of Pleistodontes (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) fig-pollinating wasps and their host-plant associations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136 (4): 637–83. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00040.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118944298/abstract. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7204497 entry