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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.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Moreton Bay Fig Wasp
speciesPleistodontes froggatti
Port Jackson Fig Wasp
speciesPleistodontes imperialis
Pleistodontes schizodontus
speciesPleistodontes schizodontus
Pleistodontes greenwoodi
speciesPleistodontes greenwoodi
Pleistodontes claviger
speciesPleistodontes claviger
Pleistodontes addicotti
speciesPleistodontes addicotti
Pleistodontes anchorus
speciesPleistodontes anchorus
Pleistodontes astrabocheilus
speciesPleistodontes astrabocheilus
Pleistodontes athysanus
speciesPleistodontes athysanus
Pleistodontes blandus
speciesPleistodontes blandus
Pleistodontes deuterus
speciesPleistodontes deuterus
Pleistodontes galbinus
speciesPleistodontes galbinus
Pleistodontes immaturus
speciesPleistodontes immaturus
Pleistodontes longicaudus
speciesPleistodontes longicaudus
Pleistodontes macrocainus
speciesPleistodontes macrocainus
Pleistodontes mandibularis
speciesPleistodontes mandibularis
Pleistodontes nigriventre
speciesPleistodontes nigriventre
Pleistodontes nitens
speciesPleistodontes nitens
Pleistodontes plebejus
speciesPleistodontes plebejus
Pleistodontes proximus
speciesPleistodontes proximus
Pleistodontes regalis
speciesPleistodontes regalis
Pleistodontes rennellensis
speciesPleistodontes rennellensis
Pleistodontes rieki
speciesPleistodontes rieki
Pleistodontes rigasamos
speciesPleistodontes rigasamos
Pleistodontes xanthocephalus
speciesPleistodontes xanthocephalus
Pleistodontes achorus
speciesPleistodontes achorus
Pleistodontes rigisamos
speciesPleistodontes rigisamos
Pleistodontes cuneatus
speciesPleistodontes cuneatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 374239.