Known Aroid Pollinators

(Taken from The Genera of the Araceae 1997)



BEES

Euglossine bees        

Anthurium, Spathiphyllum, Xanthosoma

Trigona bees            

Amoephophallus, Monstera, Spathiphyllum

   

BEETLES

Asilidae    

Amorphophallus

Cetoniidae 

Amorphophallus

Curculionidae   

Anthurium

Dermestidae 

Dracunculus

Nitidulidae

Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Anchomanes, Anubias, Aridarum, Cercestis, Culcasia, Cyrtosperma, Nephthytis, Typhonium, Urospatha, Xanthosoma

Ptiliidae

Typhonium

Scaphidiidae

Pseudohydrosme

Scarabaeidae

Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Anubias, Caladium, Dieffenbachia, Homalomena (neotropics), Philodendron, Syngonium, Xanthosoma.

Scydmaenidae

Typhonium, Zantedeschia

Silphidae

Amorphophallus

Staphylinidae

Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Anthurium, Chlorospatha, Dracunculus, Lysichiton, Piptospatha, Pseudohydrosme, Typhonium

   

FLIES

 

Anthomyiidae

Alocasia

Calliphoridae

Amorphophallus, Dracunculus, Helicodiceros

Centropogonidae

Arum, Cryptocoryne

Chloropidae

Peltandra

Chloridae

Pseudohydrosme

Drosophilidae

Alocasia, Colocasia, Culcasia, Homalomena, Nephthytis, Schismatoglottis

Ephydridae

Cryptocoryne

Neurochaetidae

Alocasia

Phoridae

Cryptocoryne

Psychodidae

Arum

Sciaridae

Arisaema, Arum

Simuliidae

Arum

Sphaeroceridae

Arum, Pseudohydrosme

Syrphidae

Peltandra

Mycetophilidae

Arisaema, Arisarum