Malagasy Scoliidae recorded by PREP as flower visitors

Jaona Ranaivo; Lars Anders Nilsson; Borge Pettersson

doi:10.15468/6pr73g

Malagasy Scoliidae recorded by PREP as flower visitors

Citation

Ranaivo J, Nilsson L A, Pettersson B (2023). Malagasy Scoliidae recorded by PREP as flower visitors. Centre National de Recherches sur l'Environnement. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6pr73g accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-14.

Description

"Malagasy Scoliidae recorded by PREP as flower visitors" reports the Scoliidae specimens recorded and collected by members of the project team and kept at the Museum of Evolution - EBC - Uppsala University but reported here as observation data. Duplicates of these specimens are deposited at the PBZT - Antananarivo. The data was digitized By B. Pettersson. There where verbatimCoordinates is provided the geographic location was directly acquired with a GPS, there where, otherwise, the coordinates were inferred from google map (googlemap) or google map and of aquaitance of the area (Google+). The data set contain 164 records grouped into 18 species belonging to ten (10) genera and 18 species.

PREP stands for Plant Reproductive Ecology Project and was a joint project between a Swedish team from the Department of Systematic Botany - Uppsala University and a Malagasy team from the Department of Plant Biology and Ecology (DBEV) - Faculty of Science - Antananarivo University and the National Centre for Environmental Research (CNRE). This project was aiming to documenting Malagasy plants and pollinators relationship.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The sensus was carried out in different regions of Madagascar and all taxa of the flower visitors observed throughout the anthesis. Insects specimens were collected for further identification and/or morphological study.

Sampling

Every flower visitors observed during the anthesis were recorded and insect samples were caught with insect net. One part of the caught was conserved at the Museum of Evolution - EBC - Uppsala University and duplicates were left at the insects repository of PBZT

Quality Control

The Scoliidae family of Madagascar is poorly known and, anyway, Catalogue of life includes only two monophiletic genera so far. Our specimens were kindly identified by Schulten G. and Pauly A. who are, so far, the taxonomic authority for the family in Madagascar (http://www.atlashymenoptera.net/page.aspx?id=115). Two (02) specimens of the Swedish collections served respectively as holotype for Madascolia nilsoni and for Insulascolia angavokelyae and four (4) as paratype for the first species.

Method steps

Visitors behaviour were carefully observed to assessing their efficiency as pollinators (do they effectively touch the stigma, do they move between plants,...). Specimens were collected, pinned and stored in insects boxes. Some specimens were sent to specialists for further identification if needed. The visited plants are recorded as welll.

Taxonomic Coverages

This resource is about Scoliidae specimens collected on flowers by PREP between 1983 and 1989. This family is poorly known and, so far, the most complete description is that of G. Schulten and A. Pauly (Schulten G. & Pauly A., in prep. Scoliidae de Madagascar.) which web page (http://www.atlashymenoptera.net/old/page.aspx?id=115) is under construction. Ten (10) genera split into 18 species were observed.

Scoliidae
common name: Scoolids rank: family
Campsomeriella
rank: genus
Enigmatimeris
rank: genus
Hitfoidra
rank: genus
Insulascolia
rank: genus
Liacos
rank: genus
Lobhargita
rank: genus
Madacampsomeris
rank: genus
Madascolia
rank: genus
Stiboranna
rank: genus
Vadonmeris
rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

The PREP carried out in Madagascar, mainly the regions of Analamanga, Alaotra Mangoro, Antsinanana, Itasy, Vakinankaratra, Vatovavy, Fitovinany and Menabe. We used as stateProvince the new administrative division (region)

Bibliographic Citations

Nilsson, L.A.; Jonsson, L.; Rason, L.; Randrianjohany, E. 1985: Monophily and pollination mechanisms in Angraecum arachnites Schltr. (Orchidaceae) in a guild of long-tongued hawk-moths (Sphingidae) in Madagascar. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 26: 1-19. -
Nilsson, L. A.; Jonsson, L.; Rason, L.; Randrianjohany, E. 1985 :Pollination of Plectranthus vestitus (Lamiaceae) by trap-lining hovering bees in Madagascar. Plant Systematics and Evolution 150, pp. 223-36. -
Nilsson, L.A.; Jonsson, L.; Rason, L.; Randrianjohany, E. 1986: The pollination of Cymbidiella flabellata (Orchidaceae) in Madagascar: A system operated by sphecid wasps. Nordic Journal of Botany 6(4): 411-22 -
Nilsson, A., Jonsson, L., Ralison, L., & Randrianjohany,E. ; 1987. Angraecoid orchids and hawk –moths in Central Madagascar : specialized pollination systems and generalist foragers. Biotropica 19(4) : 310 – 318. -
Nilsson, L. A., Rabakonandrianina, E. 1988: Hawk-moth scale analysis and pollination specialization in the epilithic Malagasy endemic Aerangis ellisii (Reichenb. fil.) Schltr. (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 97(1): 49-61. -
Nilsson, L. A., Rabakonandrianina, E. 1988: Chemical signaling and monopolization of nectar resources by territorial Pachymelus limbatus (Hymenoptera Anthophoridae) male bees in Madagascar. Journal of Zoology, London 215: 475-489. -
Pettersson, B. 1989: Pollination in the African species of Nervilia (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 4(1): 33-41 Nilsson, L. A.,Jonsson, L. 1985 : The pollination specialization of Habenaria decaryana H. Perr. (Orchidaceae) in Madagascar. Adansonia 2 : 161-166. -
NILSSON, L.A. ; RABAKONANDRIANINA, E. ; PETTERSSON, B. ; RANAIVO, J., 1990 : "Ixoroid" secondary pollination by small moths in The Malagasy treelet Ixora platythirsa (Rubiaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 170 : 161-175. -
RANAIVO, J. 1990 : Pollinisation et rendement en graines chez Coffea canephora Pierre (Rubiaceae) : Mode de présentation des fleurs dans le temps. Archives du CNRE N° 2 : 35-41 -
Nilsson, L. A.; Rabakonandrianina, E.; Razananaivo, R. & Randriamanindry, J.J., 1992. Long pollinia on eyes: hawk-moth pollination of Cynorkis uniflora Lindley (Orchidaceae) in Madagascar. Vol. 109 (1), pp. 145-160. -

Contacts

Jaona Ranaivo
originator
position: Researcher
CNRE
Po Box 1739 Antananarivo
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG
Telephone: +261332277279
email: ranaivo_jaona@yahoo.fr

Lars Anders Nilsson
originator
position: Teacher - Researcher
Department of Systematic Botany - Uppsala University
Museum of Evolution, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, SWEDEN
Uppsala
SE-752 36
Uppsala county
SE
Telephone: +2613377279
email: anders.nilsson@ebc.uu.se

Borge Pettersson
originator
position: Researcher
Department of Systematic Botany - Uppsala University
Uppsala
SE-752 36
Uppsala county
SE

Jaona Ranaivo
metadata author
position: Researcher
CNRE
Po Box 1739 Antananarivo
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG
Telephone: +261332277279
email: ranaivo_jaona@yahoo.fr

Jaona Ranaivo
author
position: Researcher
CNRE
Po Box 1739 Antananarivo
Antananarivo
101
Antananarivo
MG
Telephone: +261332277279
email: ranaivo_jaona@yahoo.fr

Lars Anders Nilsson
principal investigator
position: Researcher
Department of Systematic Botany - Uppsala University
Museum of Evolution, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, SWEDEN
Uppsala
SE-752 36
Uppsala county
SE
email: anders.nilsson@ebc.uu.se

Borge Pettersson
author
position: Researcher
Department of Systematic Botany - Uppsala University
Antananarivo
SE

Lars Jonsson
content provider
position: Researcher
Department of Systematic Botany - Uppsala University
Uppsala
SE-752 36
Uppsala county
SE

Elisabeth Rabakonandrianina
author
position: Teacher Researcher
Department of Plant Biology and Biochemistry - Faculty of Science - Antananarivo university
101
Antananarivo
Telephone: Antananarivo
email: rabakonandrianina@gmail.com

Jean Jacques Randriamanindry
content provider
position: Student
Department of Plant Biology and Biochemistry
101
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG

Rotaharivelo Razananaivo
content provider
position: Student
Département de Biologie et EcologieVégétale - Faculté des Science - Université d'Antananarivos
MG

Eugénie Rasoanandrasana
content provider
position: Student
Département de Biologie et EcologieVégétale - Faculté des Science - Université d'Antananarivos
101
Analamanga
MG

Jaona Ranaivo
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
CNRE
Po Box 1739 Antananarivo
Antananarivo
101
Analamanga
MG
Telephone: +261330277279
email: ranaivo_jaona@yahoo.fr

Lars Anders Nilsson
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
Department of Systematic Botany - Uppsala University
Museum of Evolution, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyvagen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, SWEDEN
Uppsala
SE-752 36
Uppsala county
SE
email: anders.nilsson@ebc.uu.se