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. 2005 Jun 20;96(3):387–397. doi: 10.1093/aob/mci191

Table 1.

Insect visitors, number and duration of visits (in seconds) in inflorescences at staminate and pistillate phases of Syngonanthus curralensis and S. mucugensis, in Mucugê and Morro do Chapéu, Chapada Diamantina, Brazil

S. mucugensis
S. curralensis
Visitor (order/family/species)
Staminate
Pistillate
Staminate
Pistillate
Duration of the visits (s)
Classification of visitors
Coleoptera
    Crysomelidae
        Crysomelidae sp. 4 0 10–38 V
    Curculionidae
        Curculionidae sp. 1 2 0 5–128 V
        Curculionidae sp. 2 2 0 45–60 V
        Curculionidae sp. 3 * V
    Histeridae
        Histeridae sp. * V
        Tenebrionidae
        Tenebrionidae sp. 24 12 12–149 P
Diptera
    Bombyliidae
        Apolysis sp., Mythichomyia sp. 2 and 4 80 17 2–198 P
        Mythichomyia sp. 1, 2, 3 and 4 51 13 5–182 P
    Sarcophagidae
        Mantidophaga sp. * V
        Microcerella sp.1 4 1 2–39 OP
        Microcerella sp.2 * V
        Trichopoda sp. 24 8 5–47 P
        Sarcophagula sp. 1 1 12–46 OP
    Syrphidae
        Chrysotoxum sp. 184 17 1–156 P
        Ocyptamus sp. 1 7 2 5–95 OP
        Ocyptamus sp. 2 * V
        Toxomerus sp. 286 24 7 3 1–180 P
        Syrphidae sp. * V
        Tachinidae
        Epalpus sp. * V
        Peleteria sp. 1 * V
        Peleteria sp. 2 * V
        Peleteria sp. 3 0 3 9–26 V
Hymenoptera
    Halictidae sp. 1, 2 4 1 15–42 OP

Classification of the visitors according to morphology, behaviour and frequency of visits (see text): V, visitor; OP, occasional pollinator; P, effective pollinator.

*

Visits not occurring in the observation period.