Natural history of four species of Platydracus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Heliconia bourgaeana Petersen (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) flower bracts [PDF]
, 2012 The insect fauna within inflorescences of Heliconia bourgaeana Petersen (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae) was evaluated in Parque Metlac, Fortín de las Flores, Veracruz, Mexico between May and October 1995.
Frank, J. Howard, Morón, Miguel Angel
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The last instar larva and pupa of Ora depressa (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), a marsh beetle with underwater pupation [PDF]
, 2018 In this contribution we describe and illustrate for the first time, detailed morphology and chaetotaxy of the last instar larva and the pupa of Ora depressa (Fabricius, 1801), and provide diagnostic characters and information on its biology.
Archangelsky, Miguel +3 more
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Influence of environmental and morphological parameters on the microfauna community present in phytotelmata of a bromeliad in a fragment of Atlantic Forest, southern Brazil [PDF]
Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2021 Bromeliads are important epiphytes due to their abundance in the Neotropical region and morphological complexity. Their compact and imbricated leaf bases form water storage cisterns that promote important resources for colonization by several prokaryotic
Débora Alessandra Antonetti +2 more
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Bromeliad selection by two salamander species in a harsh environment.
PLoS ONE, 2014 Bromeliad phytotelmata are frequently used by several Neotropical amphibian taxa, possibly due to their high humidity, microclimatic stability, and role as a refuge from predators.
Gustavo Ruano-Fajardo +2 more
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Temporal and spatial distribution patterns of dipteran assemblages in common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum L.) phytotelmata: Insights from eastern Slovakia [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”The common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum L.) represents a unique and almost unknown aquatic ecosystem referred to as phytotelma, identified almost a century ago by Varga in 1928.
Katarína Fogašová +2 more
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Aquatic invertebrate communities in tank bromeliads: how well do classic ecological patterns apply? [PDF]
, 2014 Tank bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) often occur in high densities in the Neotropics and represent a key freshwater habitat in montane forests, housing quite complex invertebrate communities.
Field, Richard, Jocque, Merlijn
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Field Test of Mosquito Ovipositional Cues from Venezuelan Phytotelmata
The Florida Entomologist, 1993 Fluids held by four phytotelmata were compared for oviposition by mosquitoes in lowland rainforest in eastern Venezuela. Significantly more Wyeomyia ulocoma and Culex pleuristriatus were recovered in fluid from bracts of Heliconia caribaea, than in fluids collected from axils of Aechmea bromeliads, the aroid Alocasia macrorrhiza, or internodes of ...
L. P. Lounibos, C. E. Machado-Allison
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001 The community structure of insects, especially mosquito larvae, in water held in the fungus Aquascypha hydrophora (Berk.) Reid (Stereaceae) is reported.
Ruth LM Ferreira +3 more
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Environmental determinants of macroinvertebrate diversity in small water bodies: insights from tank-bromeliads [PDF]
, 2013 The interlocking leaves of tank-forming bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) collect rainwater and detritus, thus creating a freshwater habitat for specialized organisms.
A Ruggiero +44 more
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Resource heterogeneity and community structure: A case study inHeliconia imbricata Phytotelmata [PDF]
Oecologia, 1990 Complex or non-additive differences in the distribution and abundance of arthropod species inhabiting the water-filled bracts ofHeliconia imbricata can be created by simple manipulations of resource levels. The primary resources for these assemblages are the corollas of the flowers that accumulate in the bracts.
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