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

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  • Syuhada Ataa

    (The Centre for Insect Systematics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia)

  • Izfa Riza Hazmi

    (School of Environmental & Natural Resources Science, Faculty of Science & Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.)

  • Siti Fatimah bt Samsudin

    (The Centre for Insect Systematics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia)

Abstract

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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  • Syuhada Ataa & Izfa Riza Hazmi & Siti Fatimah bt Samsudin, 2017. "Insect’s Visitation on Melastoma malabathricum in UKM Bangi Forest Reserve," Environment & Ecosystem Science (EES), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 1(1), pages 20-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbnees:v:1:y:2017:i:1:p:20-22
    DOI: 10.26480/ees.01.2017.20.22
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