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Table 6. Comparative sizes and foraging behaviours of insects on Persoonia species. 
Insect taxon 
Bees 
Anthophoridae 
n 
mean length 
(mm) 
active pollen 
collector 
depresses 
tepals 
Amegilla spp. 
6 
12.5 
- 
+ 
Exoneura spp. 
43 
6.3 
+- 
+- 
Apidae 
Apis mellifera 
51 
13.6 
+ 
+ 
Trigona carbonaria 
47 
4.5 
+ 
- 
Colletidae 
Callomelina spp. 
3 
9.0 
+ 
+ 
Hylaeus spp. 
Leioproctus {Cladocerapis) 
11 
5.0 
+ 
- 
L. bipectinatus 
3 
10.5 
+ 
+ 
L. carinatifrons 
13 
10.4 
+ 
+ 
L incanescens 
43 
10.5 
+ 
+ 
L. raymenti 
7 
9.8 
+ 
+ 
L speculiferus 
75 
9.8 
+ 
+ 
unidentified Cladocerapis 
Leioproctus {Filiglossa) 
9 
9.0 
+ 
+ 
L. davisi 
17 
NM 
+ 
- 
unidentified Filiglossa 
34 
5.3 
+ 
- 
Halictidae 
Homalictus holochorus 
1 
6.0 
+ 
- 
Homallctus urbanus 
Lasloglossum (Chilallctus) 
1 
4.0 
- 
- 
L. brazier! 
1 
10.0 
+ 
+ 
L. instabilis 
1 
8.0 
+ 
+ 
L. repraesentens 
Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) 
1 
8.0 
— 
+ 
Lasioglossum sp. 
1 
11.0 
+ 
+ 
Nomia spp. 
15 
8.6 
+- 
+ 
Megachilidae 
Chalicodoma spp. 
13 
11.0 
- 
+ 
Wasps 
Ichneumonid sp. 
1 
13.0 
- 
+ 
Eumenid sp. 
1 
10.0 
- 
+ 
Odyneurus sp. 
1 
15.0 
- 
+ 
Sphecid spp. 
3 
9.6 
- 
+ 
Coleoptera 
Zonitis sp. 
1 
12.0 
- 
- 
* Length combines males and females but columns on behaviour refer to females exclusively. 
NM Not measured but estimated < 7 mm. 
