Pleistodontes imperialis | |
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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
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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]