Jump to content

Pleistodontes nitens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Caftaric (talk | contribs) at 09:42, 13 February 2016 (Category:Pollinator wasps). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Pleistodontes nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus:
Species:
P. nitens
Binomial name
Pleistodontes nitens
Synonyms

Neoceratosolens nitens Girault[1]

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.