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- Title
Nighttime Visits to Male Flowers of a Wild Grapevine by Some Oedemerid Beetles (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) on Miyake Island.
- Authors
Kishi, Shigeki; Katoh, Kazuhiro
- Abstract
We report that some oedemerid beetles and longicorn beetles visited male flowers of the wild grapevine Vitis ficifolia var. izuinsularis on Miyake Island, off southeastern Honshu Island, Japan. We collected those beetles by beating inflorescences at night, though we had previously found no insects on the inflorescences in the daytime. We also used light traps to collect insects from the vicinity of inflorescences, and trapped many other insect species in addition to oedemerid beetles. Our results suggest that some oedemerid beetles are promising candidates as effective pollinators of the wild grapevine.
- Subjects
GRAPE diseases &; pests; OEDEMERIDAE; BEETLES; INSECTS; ENTOMOLOGY research
- Publication
Entomological News, 2015, Vol 125, Issue 3, p186
- ISSN
0013-872X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3157/021.125.0306