Tetrapus americanus

Taxobox
name = Tetrapus americanus


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Chalcidoidea
familia = Agaonidae
subfamilia = Agaoninae
genus = "Tetrapus "
species = "T. americanus"
binomial = "Tetrapus americanus"
binomial_authority = Mayr

"Tetrapus americanus" is a species of fig wasp which is native to South and Central America. It has an obligate mutualism with "Ficus maxima", the fig species it pollinates.cite journal | quotes = no | last = Jousselin | first = Emmanuelle | coauthors = Finn Kjellberg; Edward Allen Herre | year = 2004 | title = Flower specialization in a passively pollinated monoecious fig: A question of style and stigma? | journal = International Journal of Plant Sciences | volume = 165 | issue = 4 | pages = 587–593 | doi = 10.1086/386558 | url = http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/coev/pdf/fk/Jousellin2004%20Int%20J%20Plant%20S.pdf ]

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