In this paper, I review pollination systems in which plants provide breeding sites as a reward
for pollination. I divide the pollinators into three groups based upon ovipositing sites and the …

This chapter introduces and descibes the terms used for the identification of adult flies in this
manual, although the discussion of terms is not exclusively restricted to Diptera occurring in …

The Diptera are the second most important order among flower-visiting (anthophilous) and
flower-pollinating insects worldwide. Their taxonomic diversity ranges from Nematocera to …

Researchers, policy makers and civil society organizations have been discussing the
potential of biofuels as partial substitutes for fossil fuels and thereby as a simultaneous …

This paper comprises Part II of a review of flower visitation and pollination by Diptera
(myiophily or myophily). While Part I examined taxonomic diversity of anthophilous flies …

The pollination of Aristolochia involves the temporary confinement of visitors inside the
flower. A literature review has shown that some species are visited by one or a few dipteran …

Pollination of several angiosperms is based on deceit. In such systems, the flowers advertise
a reward that ultimately is not provided. We report on a previously unknown …

The achlorophyllous mycotroph Afrothismia kupensis (Thismiaceae), formerly misidentified
either as A. pachyantha or as A. gesnerioides, is described from Mt Kupe in South West …

Abstract Background and Aims Ceropegia (Apocynaceae subfamily Asclepiadoideae) is a
large, Old World genus of> 180 species, all of which possess distinctive flask-shaped …

This study presents breeding and pollination systems of Aristolochia maxima and A. inflata
in a seasonal tropical forest of Panama. Aristolochia is the most diverse genus of …