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Pleistodontes
''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. Species The Natural History Museum lists: * '' Pleistodontes addicotti'' Wiebes * '' Pleistodontes achorus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * '' Pleistodontes astrabocheilus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * '' Pleistodontes athysanus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * '' Pleistodontes blandus'' Wiebes * '' Pleistodontes claviger'' (Mayr) * '' Pleistodontes cuneatus'' Wiebes * ''Pleistodontes deuterus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * ''Pleistodontes froggatti'' Mayr * '' Pleistodontes galbinus'' Wiebes * '' Pleistodont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleistodontes Blandus
''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 (biology), mutualism with the Ficus, 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. Species The Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum lists: * ''Pleistodontes addicotti'' J.T. Wiebes, Wiebes * ''Pleistodontes achorus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * ''Pleistodontes astrabocheilus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * ''Pleistodontes athysanus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * ''Pleistodontes blandus'' Wiebes * ''Pleistodontes claviger'' (Gustav Mayr, Mayr) * ''Pleistodontes cuneatus'' Wiebes * ''Pleistodontes deuterus'' Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook * ''Pleisto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |