Biology:Pleistodontes schizodontus

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Short description: Species of wasp

Pleistodontes schizodontus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Agaonidae
Subfamily: Agaoninae
Genus: Pleistodontes
Species:
P. schizodontus
Binomial name
Pleistodontes schizodontus
Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook, 2002

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

References

  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): 637–683. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00040.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118944298/abstract. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13715923 entry