Pleistodontes macrocainus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chalcidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Agaonidae
Genus: Pleistodontes
Species: Pleistodontes macrocainus

Name

• Pleistodontes macrocainus Lopez-Vaamonde et al., 2002
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original genus: Pleistodontes Saunders, 1882
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: QMBA
  • Type host: Ficus cerasicarpa
  • Type locality: 'AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND: Mount Isa, Mines Weather Station, 20°44'19''S-139°29'02''E'
  • ZooBank: 0967795C-1146-425E-9D76-23F2CC74552C

Primary references

• Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Dixon, D.J., Cook, J.M. & Rasplus, J.-Y. 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): 637–683. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00040.x . Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 660, and figs. 54, 58, 66, 73, 77, 80, 88]

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