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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Agaonidae |
| Genus: | Pegoscapus |
| Species: | P. mexicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pegoscapus mexicanus (Ashmead, 1904)
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References
edit- ^ Jousselin, Emmanuelle; Martine Hossaert-Mckey; Didier Vernet & Finn Kjellberg (2001). "Egg deposition patterns of fig pollinating wasps: implications for studies on the stability of the mutualism". Ecological Entomology. 26 (6): 602–608. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00368.x. S2CID 84012172.
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