An Assessment of Insect Fauna on Staminate and Pistillate Flowers of Cocos nucifera: A Case of Asebu in the Central Region of Ghana
Table 3.
ProportionalAbundances of Insect Fauna on Six Batches of C. nucifera Farms
|
| Species |
Batch 1 |
Batch 2 |
Batch 3 |
Batch 4 |
Batch 5 |
Batch 6 |
|
|
| |
Ni |
Pi(%) |
ni |
Pi(%) |
Ni |
Pi(%) |
ni |
Pi(%) |
ni |
Pi(%) |
ni |
Pi(%) |
|
| Ethiosciapus sp |
215 |
1.6 |
216 |
2.2 |
274 |
2.7 |
266 |
2.8 |
241 |
2.3 |
181 |
2.0 |
|
| Sarcophaga sp |
556 |
4.2 |
562 |
5.6 |
491 |
4.8 |
473 |
4.9 |
558 |
5.4 |
446 |
5.0 |
|
| Scolia dubia |
567 |
4.3 |
504 |
5.0 |
443 |
4.3 |
424 |
4.4 |
483 |
4.7 |
323 |
3.6 |
|
| Lucilia sp |
675 |
5.1 |
649 |
6.5 |
626 |
6.1 |
682 |
7.1 |
653 |
6.3 |
568 |
6.4 |
|
| Black Ant |
737 |
5.6 |
555 |
5.5 |
611 |
6.0 |
557 |
5.8 |
334 |
3.2 |
335 |
3.7 |
|
| Ornidia sp |
2091 |
15.9 |
1842 |
18.4 |
1399 |
13.6 |
1465 |
15.3 |
1497 |
14.4 |
1179 |
13.2 |
|
| D. standingeri |
2380 |
18.1 |
2003 |
20.0 |
2340 |
22.8 |
1875 |
19.6 |
2008 |
19.3 |
1705 |
19.1 |
|
| Apis melifera |
2383 |
18.1 |
1980 |
19.7 |
1931 |
18.8 |
1716 |
17.9 |
1811 |
17.4 |
1900 |
21.2 |
|
| Red Ant |
3562 |
27.1 |
1725 |
17.2 |
2137 |
20.8 |
2119 |
22.1 |
2801 |
27.0 |
2306 |
25.8 |
|
|
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