Subtribe Spiranthinae - The Pollination Biology of North American Orchids: North of Florida and Mexico - page 35

Table 2.6 Pollinators of Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Pollinator/state or province References

Apidae Apis melifera L./BC Larson and Larson ( 1987 )

Bombus bifarius Cresson/BC Larson and Larson ( 1987, 1990 )

B. borealis Kirby/ON Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. flavidus (Fabricius)/ON Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. flavifrons Cresson/BC Larson and Larson ( 1987, 1990 )

B. cf . insularis (Smith)/NL Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. perplexus Cresson/ON Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. vagans Smith/QC Godfery ( 1933 ), p. 96

/ON, QC Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. vagans ssp. bolsteri Franklin/NL Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. terricola Kirby/NL, ON Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. terricola occidentalis Greene/BC Larson and Larson ( 1987, 1990 )

B . ashtoni (Cresson)/NL Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

B. insularis (Smith)/BC Larson and Larson ( 1987 )

Halictidae “ Chloryalictus smilacini ” presents identity

unknown/QC

Godfery ( 1933 ), p. 96

Halictus confuses Smith
(as H. provancheri D.T.)/QC

Godfery ( 1933 ), p. 96

Lasioglossum zonulum (Smith)/NL Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

Megachilidae Megachile melanophea Smith/NL Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

Table 2.7 Pollinators of Spiranthes laciniata , S. lucida , S. ovalis var. ovalis , and S. parksii
(= S. cernua )
Species Pollinator/state or province References

S. laciniata Apidae

Bombus sp./FL

Catling ( 1980b ) a

S. lucida Halictidae

Augochlorella aurata (Smith)/ON Catling ( 1980b, 1983c )

Dialictis immitatus (Smith)/ON Catling ( 1983c )

S. ovalis var. ovalis Apidae
B. sp./? Catling ( 1980b ) a
Halictidae /? Catling ( 1980b ) b
S. parksii (= S. cernua ) Unknown/TX Catling and McIntosh ( 1979 ),
Catling 1990 ; Sheviak and
Brown ( 2002 )
a Unobserved; likely based on floral morphology and/or flowering pattern
b Confirmation needed
? Study sites were not given, and therefore no data are available

Table 2.8 Pollinators of Spiranthes diluvialis
Pollinator/state or province References

Anthophoridae Anthophora terminalis Cresson/CO Sipes and Tepedino ( 1995 )

Anthophora Latreille sp./UT Sipes and Tepedino ( 1995 )

Apidae Bombus fervidus /UT Sipes and Tepedino ( 1995 )

B. morrisoni Cresson/UT Sipes and Tepedino ( 1995 )

Tiphiidae Myzinum Latreille sp./UT Sipes and Tepedino ( 1995 )