Pegoscapus mexicanus
| Pegoscapus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaoninae |
| Genus: | Pegoscapus |
| Species: | P. mexicanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pegoscapus mexicanus Ashmead | |
Pegoscapus mexicanus is a species of fig wasp which is native to Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. It has an obligate mutualism with Ficus aurea, the fig species it pollinates.[1]
References
- ↑ Jousselin, Emmanuelle; Martine Hossaert-Mckey; Didier Vernet; Finn Kjellberg (2001). "Egg deposition patterns of fig pollinating wasps: implications for studies on the stability of the mutualism". Ecological Entomology 26 (6): 602–608. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00368.x.