Suborder Apocrita Family Agaonidae Order Hymenopterans | Superfamily Chalcidoidea Subfamily Agaoninae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Pleistodontes imperialis, Pleistodontes froggatti, Hymenopterans, Agaonidae, Ceratosolen |
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Pleistodontes is a genus of fig wasps native to Australia and New Guinea, with one species (P. claviger) from Java. Fig wasps have an obligate mutualism with the fig species they pollinate. Pleistodontes pollinates species in section Malvanthera of the Ficus subgenus Urostigma.
In their revision of the Australian members of the genus, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde and coauthors expressed the opinion that P. claviger did not belong in the genus.
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