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First record of arthropods associated with Greigia juareziana (Bromeliaceae)

2011; National Autonomous University of Mexico; Volume: 82; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.22201/ib.20078706e.2011.3.711

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Fernando Hernández-Baz, Thorsten Krömer, Rosamond Coates,

Geography and Environmental Studies

Here we present the first known records for Mexico and the Neotropics of arthropods associated with theterrestrial bromeliad Greigia juareziana. The site locality for the collection of the host species is the southeast portionof the San Martín Tuxtla volcano in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Four species of arthropods were detected within theleaf axils and infloresences of the bromeliad, 3 of which were insects Anasa bellator, Proxis punctulatus and Apion sp.belonging to the Orders of Hemiptera and Coleoptera. The remaining species was identified only to family (Myriapoda:Chilopoda: Lithobidae).