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Table 1 The 20 species with the broadest pollen diets after standardization to 10 pollen loads

From: Elevated rates of dietary generalization in eusocial lineages of the secondarily herbivorous bees

Family

Species

Social status

No. botanical families collected in 10 pollen loads

Data source

Apidae

Bombus pratorum

Eusocial

20.2

44

Apidae

Melipona mimetica

Eusocial

20.2

80

Apidae

Bombus terrestris

Eusocial

18.9

44

Apidae

Scaptotrigona sp.

Eusocial

18.3

80

Andrenidae

Andrena bicolor

Solitary

18.1

42

Halictidae

Lasioglossum morio

Eusocial

16.8

Novel data

Halictidae

Lasioglossum cupromicans

Eusocial

16.7

Novel data

Apidae

Bombus impatiens

Eusocial

16.6

44

Apidae

Bombus bimaculatus

Eusocial

15.6

44

Apidae

Bombus griseocollis

Eusocial

15.4

44

Apidae

Bombus pascuorum

Eusocial

15.3

44

Halictidae

Lasioglossum laticeps

Eusocial

15.2

Novel data

Megachilidae

Osmia bicornis

Solitary

15.0

41

Halictidae

Lasioglossum mediterraneum

Probably eusocial

14.9

Novel data

Apidae

Bombus hypnorum

Eusocial

14.5

44

Colletidae

Hylaeus hyalinatus

Solitary

14.3

37

Halictidae

Lasioglossum calceatum

Facultatively eusocial

14.3

43

Colletidae

Hylaeus communis

Solitary

14.1

37

Apidae

Bombus perplexus

Eusocial

13.7

44

Andrenidae

Andrena rogenhoferi

Solitary

13.5

89