Pleistodontes rennellensis Wiebes

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Pleistodontes)

Pleistodontes rennellensis Wiebes 1968. Holotype desposition unknown Type locality: Solomon Islands

Distribution

Melanesia (Renenell Isl., Solomon Isl. Bougainville Isl.) New Ireland, Papa New Guinea, Irian Jaya

Biology

Host fig: unknown

References

Wiebes, J.T. 1968. A new Pleistodontes (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae) from Rennell Island. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. 5:115-117.

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