Pleistodontes Proximus
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''Pleistodontes proximus'' is a species of fig wasp which is native to
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It has an
obligate {{wiktionary, obligate As an adjective, obligate means "by necessity" (antonym ''facultative'') and is used mainly in biology in phrases such as: * Obligate aerobe, an organism that cannot survive without oxygen * Obligate anaerobe, an organism that ...
mutualism with ''
Ficus lilliputiana ''Ficus lilliputiana'' is a fig that is endemic to the Kimberleys and Kununurra in northwestern Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Austr ...
'', the fig species it pollinates.


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Agaonidae Hymenoptera of Australia Insects described in 1990 {{Chalcidoidea-stub