Tetrapus

Tetrapus is a genus of fig wasp native to the Americas. Fig wasps have an obligate mutualism with the fig species they pollinate. Tetrapus pollinates figs in the subgenus Pharmacosycea.

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• Buffalo monster monocephalus tetrabrachus tetrapus
• Tomografia computadorizada ischiopagus tetrapus
• References

Tetrapus appears to be a basal clade among the fig-pollinating wasps.

The genus is estimated to be 87.5 million years old using cytochrome oxidase nucleotide sequences, and more than 34.5 million years old based on a fossil from Florissant, Colorado in the United States.