Male and female from an introduced population on Maui
Scientific classification
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]
^ abLopez-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" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136 (4): 637–83. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00040.x.
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