Table 1 Weevil morphospecies included in the study with references for natural history information.
From: Evaluating insect-host interactions as a driver of species divergence in palm flower weevils
Morphospecies | Pollinator | Larval breeding | Host palms |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | Live tissue (developing fruits) | both | |
Remertus rectinasus31 | No | Live tissue (developing fruits) | both |
Microstrates bondari94 | No | Live tissue (male flower buds) | both |
Microstrates ypsilon31 | No | Live tissue (male flower buds) | S. coronata |
Andranthobius bondari31 | No | Decaying tissue (aborted male flowers) | both |
Celetes impar31 | No | Decaying tissue (peduncular bract after anthesis) | S. coronata |
Celetes decolor31 | No | Decaying tissue (floral branches after fruit dispersal) | both |
Dialomia polyphaga31 | No | Decaying tissue (damaged inflorescences) | S. coronata |
No | Decaying tissue (peduncular bract after anthesis) | S. botryophora |