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		Ophrys blitopertha PAULUS

Fam.: Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Genus: Ophrys L.

Authors:
	PAULUS:	Hannes Franz Paulus (1943 - ), German biologist
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Ophrys:	Greek plant name, from ophrys = eyebrow
	blitopertha:	genus name of the pollinating beetle

This is the Ophrys, which is not pollinated by a solitary bee or wasp, but by the males of a beetle. As in the other cases also the beetles are attracted by the pheromones, which the orchid produces.


Fig. 1: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Kattavia 28.3.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)


Fig. 2: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Kattavia 28.3.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)


Fig. 3: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Kattavia 28.3.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)


Fig. 4: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Kattavia 28.3.2013 (Photo: Helmut Presser)


Fig. 5: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Lardos 23.3.2005


Fig. 6: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Lardos 23.3.2005


Fig. 7: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Lardos 23.3.2005


Fig. 8: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Laerma 24.3.2005


Fig. 9: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Kattavia 25.3.2005


Fig. 10: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Kattavia 25.3.2005


Fig. 11: Ophrys blitopertha / Blitopertha Beetle Rhodos, Laerma 20.3.2019 (Photo: Christian Schlomann)

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