Pleistodontes


Pleistodontes is a genus of fig wasps native to Australia and New Guinea, with one species 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.
In their revision of the Australian members of the genus, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde and coauthors expressed the opinion that P. claviger did not belong in the genus.

Species

The Natural History Museum lists:Pleistodontes addicotti WiebesPleistodontes achorus Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & CookPleistodontes astrabocheilus Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & CookPleistodontes athysanus Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & CookPleistodontes blandus WiebesPleistodontes claviger Pleistodontes cuneatus WiebesPleistodontes deuterus Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & CookPleistodontes froggatti MayrPleistodontes galbinus WiebesPleistodontes greenwoodi Pleistodontes immaturus WiebesPleistodontes imperialis SaundersPleistodontes longicaudus WiebesPleistodontes macrocainus Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & CookPleistodontes mandibularis WiebesPleistodontes nigriventris Pleistodontes nitens Pleistodontes plebejus WiebesPleistodontes proximus WiebesPleistodontes regalis GrandiPleistodontes rennellensis WiebesPleistodontes rieki WiebesPleistodontes rigisamos WiebesPleistodontes schizodontus Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & CookPleistodontes xanthocephalus Lopez-Vaamonde, Dixon & Cook