Table 3.
Taxonomic affiliation (species, order and family) and visiting frequency per year of the different flower visitors of H. marifolium and H. caput-felis
| Order |
Family |
Species |
2001 |
2002 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. marifolium | ||||||||
| Coleoptera | Coleoptera spp. 1 | 0 | 1 (0·06) | |||||
| Coleoptera spp. 2 | 0 | 5 (0·28) | ||||||
| Coleoptera spp. 3 | 0 | 1 (0·06) | ||||||
| Hymenoptera | Apiidae | Apis mellifera | 34 (7·16) | 59 (3·28) | ||||
| Halictidae | Halictus sp. | 0 | 4 (0·22) | |||||
| H. caput-felis | ||||||||
| Diptera | Syrphidae | Eristalinus aeneus | 15 (1·20) | 0 | ||||
| Eupeodes corollae | 17 (1·36) | 0 | ||||||
| Sphaerophoria scripta | 2 (0·16) | 0 | ||||||
| Eristalix tenax | 9 (0·72) | 0 | ||||||
| Syrphidae spp. 1 | 1 (0·08) | 1 (0·08) | ||||||
| Hymenoptera | Apiidae | Apis mellifera | 89 (7·12) | 2 (0·16) | ||||
| Halictidae | Halictidae spp. 1 | 3 (0·24) | 0 | |||||
| Lepidoptera | Lepidoptera spp. 1 | 1 (0·08) | 0 | |||||
Numbers in parenthesis refer to the number of visit per hour per each species of pollinator.
Numbers of hours censused totalled 4·75 and 18·0 h for H. marifolium and 12·5 and 12·25 h for H. caput-felis, for 2001 and 2002, respectively.