Claim · model-written summary
Diptera had the highest family richness among the insect orders on the flowers, with 17 families.
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e0“Diptera showed higher family richness with 17, followed by Hymenoptera with 12 and Coleoptera with 11”
t0“Schinus Terebinthifolius”
Title
Somavilla, Alexandre; Sühs, Rafael Barbizan; Köhler, Andreas LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) 2010
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation 1.619 insects belonging to nine orders and 66 families were collected on the flowers of one individual of Schinus terebinthifolius.
- Observation Hymenoptera had 12 insect families on the flowers, second in family richness after Diptera.
- Observation Coleoptera had 11 insect families on the flowers, third in family richness after Diptera and Hymenoptera.
- Observation Vespidae was one of the two insect families with the greatest number of individuals collected, with 616 individuals.
- Observation Apidae was one of the two insect families with the greatest number of individuals collected, with 317 individuals.
- Observation 92% of the collected insects had pollen attached to their body, which the authors take to confirm these groups as pollen vectors and potential pollinators.