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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Fig wasps (Agaonidae) » Agaoninae » Pleistodontes » Pleistodontes imperialis
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Fig wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - female
Copyright © 2009 Peter Bryant

Fig wasp - Pleistodontes imperialis - Female
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
May 5, 2009
Size: ~2mm bl
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 5 May, 2009 - 8:02pm
Last updated 11 January, 2014 - 11:41am

Moved to Pleistodontes imperialis
Moved from Fig wasps.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 11 January, 2014 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

Pleistodontes imperialis
This is Pleistodontes imperialis Saunders, 1883, an introduced fig wasp associated to Ficus rubiginosa
… Rasplus JY, 11 January, 2014 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

No, but more exciting!
I do believe this is a "fig wasp," the hymenopteran responsible for pollinating fig crops. Neat find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 May, 2009 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

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