Pleistodontes froggatti
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| Pleistodontes froggatti | |
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| Pleistodontes froggatti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaoninae |
| Genus: | Pleistodontes |
| Species: | P. froggatti |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleistodontes froggatti Mayr, 1906 | |
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Pleistodontes semirucifeps Girault | |
Pleistodontes froggatti is a species of fig wasp which is native to Australia. It has an obligate mutualism with the Moreton Bay fig, Ficus macrophylla, the species it pollinates.[1] Outside Australia, populations have become established in Hawaii (where it was deliberately introduced)[2] and New Zealand where it was either accidentally introduced or arrived by long-distance dispersal.[3]
Taxonomy
The specific epithet, froggatti, is in honour of Australian entomologist W. W. Froggatt. The first account of the species' biology was written by Froggatt in 1901, who imperfectly identified it as Pleistodontes imperialis. Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr re-described the species in 1906 and named it in honour of Froggatt.[1]
