Insect’s Visitation on Melastoma malabathricum in UKM Bangi Forest Reserve | Zendy

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Insect’s Visitation on Melastoma malabathricum in UKM Bangi Forest Reserve

Author(s) -

Syuhada Ataa,

Izfa Riza Hazmi,

Siti Fatimah Samsudin

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

environment and ecosystem science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2521-0882

pISSN - 2521-0483

DOI - 10.26480/ees.01.2017.20.22

Subject(s) - forest reserve , forestry , geography

The study on insect’s visitation on Melastoma malabathricum was carried out at UKM Bangi Forest Reserve, Selangor from February till April 2016. A total of 214 insect individuals comprising of three order, seven families and 15 species were identified. Hymenoptera recorded the highest percentage of 91 % (195 individuals), followed by Coleoptera with 5 % (10 individuals) and Hemiptera with 4 % (9 individuals). Ten species of Hymenoptera namely Trigona itama, T. thoracica, Amegilla zonata, Ceratina perforatrix, Nomia iridescens, Xylocopa confusa, X. latipes, Camponotus japonicus, Lasius fuliginosus and Solenopsis invincta, three species of Coleoptera namely Ischnopterapion virens, Hoplasoma unicolor and Dercetisoma concolor of and two species of Hemiptera Cyrtolobus ovatus and Chlorochroa sp. were successfully identified. The One–way ANOVA showed that there was a significant different (p

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