“…Higher dominance is associated with more host–consumer encounters (random placement hypothesis) and more ecological niches for consumers (habitat diversity hypothesis) (Miller, 2012; Strona & Fattorini, 2014). For example, the occurrence of more species in a plant family implies the existence of a greater number of available niches (de Araújo, dos Santos, & Gomes‐Klein, 2012; de Araújo, Silva, dos Santos, & Gomes‐klein, 2013; Joy & Crespi, 2012; Mendonça, 2007). Therefore, according to the plant family size hypothesis, larger plant families are expected to host more parasites (de Araújo, 2011; de Araújo et al., 2012, 2013; Cuevas‐Reyes, Quesada, Hanson, & Oyama, 2007; Dai et al., 2017; Fernandes, 1992; Gonçalves‐Alvim, Fernandes, & Goncalves‐Alvim, 2001; Lawton & Price, 1979; Mendonça, 2007; Price, 1977; Veldtman & McGeoch, 2003; Ward & Spalding, 1993).…”