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mouthparts between tepal seams towards the base of the nectar chamber. However, 
as males in the subgenus Filiglossa were observed to actually avoid Persoonia anthers 
they were not significant carriers of Persoonia pollen (Tables 5 and 7). 
Fig. 4. Branched scopal hair of a female Leioproctiis speculiferus carrying pollen of Persoonia silvatica 
(large triangles) and Eucalyptus spp (small triangles), x 178. 
Fig. 5. Section of a mixed load of pollen taken from a female Leioproctiis carinatifrons collected on 
the flower of P. mollis subsp. nectens. A, polyad of Acacia spp; B, pollen of Banksia; C, pollen of 
Persoonia mollis, x 297. 
