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Image Title: Homalomena propinqua (Araceae) is Pollinated by Parastasia sp. (Scarabaeidae)
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Beetles are important pollinators in a lowland dipterocarp forest in Southeast Asia. Most of canopy and emergent dipterocarps are pollinated by beetles feeding on floral tissues. Some understory trees and forest floor herbs are pollinated by different types of beetles. Homalomena propinqua (Araceae) is pollinated by two specias of beetles. One of them, Parastasia sp. (Scarabaeidae), stays inside the spathe chamber and feeds on staminodes.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Pollinatino biology in a lowland dipterocarp forest in Sarawak, malaysia. I. Characteristics of the plant-pollinator community in a lowland dipterocarp forest.

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