Neotropical tree species and their faunas of Xylophagous longicorns (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in French Guiana.

From: The Botanical Review | Date: October 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Estimates of the total number of species in existence are based, in part, upon assumptions about the host specificity of tropical insects. These estimates are difficult to evaluate because there is so little data available describing the host-plant affiliations of tropical insects. Over a three-year period, 690 trees in the Sinnamary River Basin of French Guiana were felled and investigated for their associated cerambycid fauna. These trees (belonging to approximately 200 species representing 38 plant families) ultimately gave rise to 334 species of cerambycids. One-quarter of these beetle ...

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