Komunitas Serangga pada Bunga Rafflesia patma Blume (Rafflesiaceae) di Luar Habitat Aslinya Kebun Raya Bogor Kota Bogor Provinsi Jawa Barat Indonesia

The study was conducted at the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia using a blooming female flower of R. patma. The insects were directly counted in the morning, noon, and afternoon on both fresh blooming and rotten R. patma . Twenty three insect species were collected during the study belonging to the order Coleoptera (2 families, 2 species, 5 individuals), Diptera (9 families, 18 species, 1176 individuals), and Hymenoptera (2 family, 4 species, 13 individuals). Number of individuals of each insect species captured were frequently less than 1.35% from total captured. There were specialization of flies visiting fresh opening flower and the rotten one. Six species, Leiomyza laevigata (Asteiidae), Chrysomya megacephala, and Hemipyrellia tagaliana (Calliphoridae), Stegana coleoptrata (Drosophilidae), Heteromyza oculata and Tephrochlamys rufiventris (Heleomyzidae) were predicted as important pollinators of R. patma. Jurnal Biologi Indonesia, Vol. 6, No. 3. Hal. 429-442