- Tetrapus
Taxobox
name = Tetrapus
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hymenoptera
subordo =Apocrita
superfamilia =Chalcidoidea
familia =Agaonidae
subfamilia =Agaoninae
genus = "Tetrapus"
genus_authority = Mayr 1885
subdivision_ranks =Species cite web|url= http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/perth/chalcidoids/listChalcids.dsml?Family=Agaonidae&Superfamily=Chalcidoidea&Genus=Tetrapus#gen_73|title= Universal Chalcidoidea Database: Taxonomic Tree|accessdate= 2008-06-08|publisher=Natural History Museum ]
subdivision = "Tetrapus americanus "Mayr "Tetrapus antillarum "Ashmead "Tetrapus costaricanus "Grandi "Tetrapus ecuadoranus " Grandi "Tetrapus mayri "Brues "Tetrapus mexicanus " Grandi"Tetrapus" is a genus of
fig wasp native to theAmericas . Fig wasps have anobligate mutualism with the fig species they pollinate. "Tetrapus" pollinates figs in thesubgenus "Pharmacosycea "."Tetrapus" appears to be a basal clade among the fig-pollinating wasps.cite journal | quotes = no | last = Machado | first = Carlos A. | authorlink = | coauthors = Emmanuelle Jousselin; Finn Kjellberg; Stephen G. Compton; Edward Allen Herre | year = 2001 | month = | title = Phylogenetic relationships, historical biogeography and character evolution of fig-pollinating wasps | journal =
Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Society_B | volume = 268 | issue = 1468 | pages = 685-694 | doi = 10.1098/rspb.2000.1418 | url = http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/g84kfpkkg97tt7ah/ ]The genus is estimated to be 87.5 million years old using
cytochrome oxidase nucleotide sequence s, and more than 34.5 million years old based on afossil fly inamber fromFlorissant, Colorado in theUnited States .References
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