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JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 45, Issue 27-28, Pages 1649-1665Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559601
Keywords
Onciderini; herbivory; host-specificity; insect-plant interactions
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [4538482008-7]
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (Capes) [23038.023315-2009-10]
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In this study, the host-plant range of Onciderini beetles was investigated during 4 years in an Atlantic rainforest of southeastern Brazil. Twelve species of Onciderini beetles girdled thirty-six plant species in the study site. In total, 1046 plants were girdled by Onciderini beetles as follows: 44.6% were Vochysiaceae, 15% were Mymosaceae, 12% were Melastomataceae, 9% were Lauraceae, 4% were Anacardiaceae and 15% were distributed among Meliaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Bombacaceae, Fabaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Cecropiaceae, Myrtaceae, Lecythidaceae, and Myrsinaceae. Onciderini beetles did not select hosts randomly. Most of the associations (70%) with host plants were caused by polyphagous beetles and different plant families showed different ratios of polyphagous, oligophagous and monophagous Onciderini in the study site.
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