Pegoscapus mexicanus

Taxobox
name = Pegoscapus


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Chalcidoidea
familia = Agaonidae
subfamilia = Agaoninae
genus = "Pegoscapus"
species = "P. mexicanus"
binomial = "Pegoscapus mexicanus"
binomial_authority = 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.cite journal | quotes = no | last = Jousselin| first = Emmanuelle | authorlink = | coauthors = Martine Hossaert-Mckey; Didier Vernet; Finn Kjellberg | year = 2001 | month = | title = Egg deposition patterns of fig pollinating wasps: implications for studies on the stability of the mutualism | journal = Ecological Entomology | volume = 26 | issue = 6 | pages = 602–608 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00368.x | bibcode = | oclc = | id = | url = ]

References