Research Article

Might Heterostyly Underlie Spider Occurrence on Inflorescences? A Case Study of Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae), a Common Shrub from Brazilian Cerrado

Table 1

Frequency of spider morphospecies sampled on longistylous and brevistylous inflorescences of P. rigida.

Spider species and morphospeciesFrequency on longistylous inflorescences (%)Frequency on brevistylous inflorescences (%)

Oxyopidae
Oxyopes salticus Hentz, 184523.81
Thomisidae
Misumenops sp.119.04
Deltoclita sp.19.52
Deltoclita sp.24.77
Salticidae
Corythalia sp.138.0913.3
Araneidae
Araneus sp.14.77

Total212