Claim · model-written summary
Other insects (wasps, ants and coleopterans) were associated with floral tissue predation.
- Taxon
- Campomanesia Adamantium
Campomanesia adamantiumt0 - Organ / stage
- floral tissuee1
- Interactor
- wasps, ants, and coleopteranse1herbivore
- Outcome
- floral tissue predatione1
Verbatim
t0“Campomanesia Adamantium”
e1“Other insects (wasps, ants, and coleopterans) were associated with floral tissue predation”
Title
Behavior and Diversity of Floral Visitors to Campomanesia Adamantium (Myrtaceae)
Mateus Nucci; Valter Vieira Alves-Junior Revista Colombiana de Entomología 2017. doi:10.25100/socolen.v43i1.6657
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation A total of 31 floral-visitor species were identified on Campomanesia adamantium.
- Observation Hymenoptera accounted for 79.30% of the floral-visitor species.
- Observation Coleoptera accounted for 11.34% of the floral-visitor species.
- Observation Diptera accounted for 9.1% of the floral-visitor species.
- Observation Hemiptera accounted for 0.24% of the floral-visitor species.
- Observation Among the Hymenoptera, africanized Apis mellifera, Brachygastra lecheguana and Trachymyrmex sp. were considered dominant.
- Observation Foraging was most intense between 07:00 and 10:00 h, with decreased activity after 13:00 h.
- Observation The insects visited the plants in search of pollen and nectar, with pollen the principal resource offered.
- Observation Africanized Apis mellifera stood out among pollinators by behavior, visitation frequency and abundance, responsible for 53.24% of all floral visits.