Pleistodontes xanthocephalus explained

Pleistodontes xanthocephalus is a species of fig wasp which is native to Australia. It has an obligate mutualism with Ficus obliqua, the fig species it pollinates.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Lopez-Vaamonde . Carlos . Dixon . Dale J. . Cook . James M. . Rasplus . Jean-Yves . 2002 . Revision of the Australian species of Pleistodontes (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) fig-pollinating wasps and their host-plant associations . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 136 . 4 . 637–83 . 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00040.x . https://archive.today/20110813114348/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118944298/abstract . dead . 2011-08-13 . free .