Bromeliáceas como espacio vital para larvas de Conocephalidae y Copiphoridae (Insecta, Saltatoria, Ensifera, Tettigonioidea)

Burmeister, Ernst-Gerhard

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“…Additionally, they include certain Conocephalidae, unidentified to genus and species, detected abundantly in water-filled leaf axils of unidentified bromeliads in Huánuco, Peru. The nymphs submerge themselves in the water and prey on other insects that approach the water surface from above (such as ovipositing Odonata) or are aquatic (Burmeister, 1985). …”

Section: Terrestrial Arthropods Using Bromeliad Terraria As Habitat Fmentioning

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Insects and allies associated with bromeliads: a review

Frank

Lounibos²

2009

Terr Arthropod Rev

138

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SummaryBromeliads are a Neotropical plant family (Bromeliaceae) with about 2,900 described species. They vary considerably in architecture. Many impound water in their inner leaf axils to form phytotelmata (plant pools), providing habitat for terrestrial arthropods with aquatic larvae, while their outer axils provide terraria for an assemblage of fully terrestrial arthropods. Many bromeliads are epiphytic. Dominant terrestrial arthropods with aquatic larvae inhabiting bromeliad phytotelmata are typically larvae of Diptera, of which at least 16 families have been reported, but in some circumstances are Coleoptera, of which only three families have been reported. Other groups include crabs and the insect orders Odonata, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera, plus Hemiptera with adults active on the water surface. The hundreds of arthropod species are detritivores or predators and do not harm their host plants. Many of them are specialists to this habitat.Terrestrial arthropods with terrestrial larvae inhabiting bromeliad terraria include many more arachnid and insect orders, but relatively few specialists to this habitat. They, too, are detritivores or predators.Arthropod herbivores, especially Curculionidae (Coleoptera) and Lepidoptera, consume leaves, stems, flowers, pollen, and roots of bromeliads. Some herbivores consume nectar, and some of these and other arthropods provide pollination and even seed-dispersal.Ants have complex relationships with bromeliads, a few being herbivores, some guarding the plants from herbivory, and some merely nesting in bromeliad terraria. A few serve as food for carnivorous bromeliads, which also consume other terrestrial insects.Bromeliads are visited by far more species of arthropods than breed in them. This is especially notable during dry seasons, when bromeliads provide moist refugia.

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Section: Terrestrial Arthropods Using Bromeliad Terraria As Habitat Fmentioning

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Insects and allies associated with bromeliads: a review

Frank

Lounibos²

2009

Terr Arthropod Rev

138

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“…Both species, however, frequently dip into epiphytic bromeliads; although this is sometimes done to drink water, more often it results in capturing prey. Bromeliads are known to shelter different insects, including both nymphs and adult orthopterans (Burmeister, 1985;Nickle, pers. obs.).…”

Section: Description Of Insect Foraging and Feeding By The Tamarinsmentioning

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Predation on Orthoptera and other orders in insects by tamarin monkeys,Saguinus mystax mystaxandSaguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons(Primates: Callitrichidae), in north‐eastern Peru

Nickle

Heymann

1996

Journal of Zoology

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Kaytydids and related insects are an important component in the diets of moustached (Saguinus mystax mystax) and saddle‐back tamarins (Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons). Based on preliminary data of captured prey, trends suggest that partitioning occurs regarding orthopterans as a limited food resource. Of species caputre as prey, only three were shared by both tamarin species. Saddle‐back tamarins appeared to specialize more on understorey species (0‐4 m), concentrating on pseudophylline katydids. Moustached tamarins incorporated a greater percentage of phaneropterine katydids from the lower to middle canopy into their diet of insects. Although most prey species were exposed to view during the diurnal feeding period of the tamarins, only the saddle‐back tamarin fed on katydids that spend the day concealed from view within dead curled leaves. Differentiation of the prey spectrum may represent a critical pattern of niche differentiation in these two sympatric tamarin species, which show a high overlap in their plant food resources.

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The behavioural ecology of mixed‐species troops of callitrichine primates

Heymann¹,

Buchanan‐Smith²

2000

Biological Reviews

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This review summarizes information on the behavioural ecology of mixed-species troops (interspecific associations) formed by different species of callitrichines, small New World monkeys, in western and central Amazonia. The formation of mixed-species troops is an integral part of the biology of several species of this subfamily. Niche separation between associated species is obtained through vertical segregation which results in differences in the prey spectrum. The degree of niche separation is a predictor for the stability of mixedspecies troops. Individuals may benefit from the formation of mixed-species troops through increased safety from predators, increased foraging efficiency, and\or increased resource defence. Costs of mixed-species troop formation are probably very low and mainly relate to patterns of interspecific behavioural interactions. We point to gaps in our knowledge and suggest pathways for future research into mixed-species troops.

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Bromeliáceas como espacio vital para larvas de Conocephalidae y Copiphoridae (Insecta, Saltatoria, Ensifera, Tettigonioidea)

Cited by 3 publications

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Insects and allies associated with bromeliads: a review

Insects and allies associated with bromeliads: a review

Predation on Orthoptera and other orders in insects by tamarin monkeys,Saguinus mystax mystaxandSaguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons(Primates: Callitrichidae), in north‐eastern Peru

The behavioural ecology of mixed‐species troops of callitrichine primates

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