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. 2010 Jun 2;106(2):359–369. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcq117

Insect visitors on pistillate and staminate flowers of C. suberosus. Letters indicate the presence of a given taxon in censuses on plants of the control (C), low-defoliation (L) and high-defoliation (H) treatments.

Flower type
Order Functional group Family Insect species Pistillate Staminate
Hymenoptera Wasps Sphecidae Ammophila sp. C-L-H C-L-H
Vespidae Eumenes sp. C-L-H C-L-H
Vespidae Montezumia mexicana C-H
Vespidae Polistes instabilis C-L-H C-L-H
Vespidae Polybia sp. L C-H
Vespidae Zethus sp. C-L
Vespidae Eumeninae sp. 1 C-L-H C-L-H
Bees Megachilidae Ashmeadiella sp. C-L C-L-H
Apidae Trigona fulviventris C-L-H C-L
Ants Formicidae Camponotus sp. C-L-H C-L
Formicidae Cephalotes sp. C
Formicidae Crematogaster sp. C-L-H C-L-H
Formicidae Pseudomyrmex sp. C-H C
Coleoptera Beetles Cerambycidae Rhopalophora C C-L-H
Cerambycidae Stenobatyle eburata C-L-H C-L-H
Scarabaeidae Trigonopeltastes burmeister C-L C
Carabidae Carabidae C-L-H
Chrysomelidae Chrysomelidae 1 L-H C-L-H
Chrysomelidae Chrysomelidae 2 C-L-H
Lepidoptera Butterflies Nymphalidae Euptoieta hegesia C-L-H C-L-H
Nymphalidae Microtia elva C-L-H C-L-H
Lycaenidae Nicolaea ophia L C-L
Lycaenidae Theclinae C-L-H C-H
Diptera Flies Muscidae Muscidae C-L-H C-L-H
Tachiniidae Tachiniidae L-H
Hemiptera Reduviidae Apiomerus sp. C-H
Homoptera Membracidae Membracidae C C-L-H