Komunitas Serangga Pada Bunga Rafflesia Patma Blume (Rafflesiaceae) Di Luar Habitat Aslinya Kebun Raya Bogor Kota Bogor Provinsi Jawa Barat Indonesia

Abstract

ABSTRACT Insects Community on the Flower of Rafflesia patma Blume (Rafflesiaceae) in its Non Native Habitat of Bogor Botanical Gardens, Bogor City, Province of West Java, Indonesia. The study was conducted at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia using a blooming female flower of R. patma. The insects were directly counted in the morning, noon, and afternoon on both fresh blooming and rotten R. patma . Twenty three insect species were collected during the study belonging to the order Coleoptera (2 families, 2 species, 5 individuals), Diptera (9 families, 18 species, 1176 individuals), and Hymenoptera (2 family, 4 species, 13 individuals). Number of individuals of each insect species captured were frequently less than 1.35% from total captured. There were specialization of flies visiting fresh opening flower and the rotten one. Six species, Leiomyza laevigata (Asteiidae), Chrysomya megacephala, and Hemipyrellia tagaliana (Calliphoridae), Stegana coleoptrata (Drosophilidae), Heteromyza oculata and Tephrochlamys rufiventris (Heleomyzidae) were predicted as important pollinators of R. patma. Key words: Insect community, flower, Rafflesia patma, non native habitat, Bogor Botanic Garden.