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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaoninae |
| Genus: | Pleistodontes |
| Species: | P. imperialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleistodontes imperialis Saunders, 1882
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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
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