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Table 1 in Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae)

  • 1. Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon & Faculty of Science, University of Ebolowa, Ebolowa, Cameroon
  • 2. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany
  • 3. Laboratory of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • 4. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
  • 5. Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland

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Table 1. Distribution of Lilaoshia psorospermi Burckhardt, Aléné and Serbina sp. n. and its associated ant species on old leaves (O), young leaves (Y) and very young leaves (VY) of Psorospermum glaberrimum.

Age classes of Psorospermum glaberrimum
SpeciesOYVYTotalKW-Test (Χ2)
Lilaoshia psorospermi3387 (46.85%)2319 (32.08%)1523 (21.07%)7229Χ2 = 0.42; P> 0.05
Crematogaster striatulus238 (42.42%)198 (35.30%)125 (22.30%)561Χ2 = 0.43; P> 0.05
Camponotus congolensis77 (48%)46 (28.60%)38 (23.60%)161Χ2 = 17.71; P <10−3
Camponotus flavomarginatus194 (71.90%) 56 (20.74%)56 (20.74%)20 (7.41%)270Χ2 = 0.47; P> 0.05
Tapinoma sp.5 (50.00%)5 (50.00%)0 (0.00%)10Χ2 = 8.17; P <10−3

Numbers represent insect abundance (absolute and relative values). KW-Test = Kruskal-Wallis test.

Notes

Published as part of Aléné, Désirée C., Serbina, Liliya Š., Djiéto-Lordon, Champlain, Malenovský, Igor & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2025, Unusual feeding behaviour and association with ants in Lilaoshia psorospermi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Liviidae) developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae), pp. 582 in Journal of Natural History 59 (9 - 12) on page 582, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2025.2452396, http://zenodo.org/record/14970796

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