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Table 5 (continued). Pollen load analyses of insect foragers collected on Persoonia species. 
Plant and insect taxon 
number of 
insects carrying 
pollen of this 
Persoonia only 
number of 
insects carrying 
pollen of this 
Persoonia + other 
spp. (including 
other Persoonia) 
number of 
insects carrying 
pollen of other 
spp. only 
(including other 
Persoonia) 
number of 
insects 
carrying 
no pollen 
P. subvelutina 
Callomelitta sp. 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Chalicodoma sp. 
0 
1 
0 
0 
Exoneura spp. 
3 
3 
0 
0 
Leioproctus (Filiglossa) sp. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
L. speculiferus 
4 
2 
0 
0 
subtotals 
8 
7 
0 
0 
P. silvatica 
Leioproctus (Cadocerapis) sp. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
L {Filiglossa) spp. 
5 
4 
0 
0 
L. incanescens 
0 
1 
0 
0 
L. speculiferus 
8 
12 
0 
0 
subtotals 
14 
17 
0 
0 
P. virgata 
Amegilla sp. 
1 
0 
0 
0 
Apis mellifera 
5 
2 
0 
0 
Exoneura spp. 
1 
0 
1 
1 
Homaiictus urbanus 
0 
0 
0 
1 
Hylaeus spp. 
1 
0 
0 
7 
Leioproaus incanescens 
1 
0 
0 
0 
L. speculiferus 
48 
0 
0 
0 
Trigona carbonaria 
1 
0 
0 
0 
subtotals 
58 
2 
1 
9 
grand totals 
276 
148 
30 
77 
foraging ratios 
0.520 
0.279 
0.056 
0.145 
Total Number of Foraging Insects = 531 
Fig. 3. Pollen of Persoonia mollis subsp. livens in ventral hairs of a female Leioproctus incanescens, x 509. 
