Pešić Vladimir, Piccoli Gustavo Cauê De Oliveira, Araújo Marcel Santos De, Rezende José Marcos, Gonçalves Ana Zangirolame
Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro.; Email:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, 15054-000, Brazil; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2015 Jul 2;3981(1):147-50. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.10.
The rosette architecture of some bromeliad species traps water and organic matter from the canopy in leaf axils (forming phytotelmata) and harbors many species of invertebrate animals (Frank & Lounibos 2009). Some water mites are adapted to live in phytotelmata; typically recorded from water-filled tree holes, bromeliad tanks, and a range of plant axils. Karl Viets (1939) was the first acarologist who discovered Micruracaropsis phytotelmaticola (Viets, 1939) in the water contained in the leaf bases of epiphytic Bromeliaceae in Surinam. Later on, Orghidan et al. (1977) described Arrenurus bromeliacearum Orghidan, Gruia & Viña Bayés, 1977 from phytotelmata in Cuba. Orghidan & Gruia (1987) reported Arrenurus andrewfieldi Orghidan & Gruia, 1983 from phytotelmata of epiphytic bromeliad Vriesea platynema in Venezuela. Smith & Harvey (1989) described Arrenurus kitchingi Smith & Harvey, 1989 from water-filled tree holes in Queensland, Australia. The same authors (Smith & Harvey 1989) also reported that members of genus Thyopsis occur in water-filled tree holes in Ohio, USA. Rosso de Ferradás & Fernández (2001) reported two Arrenurus species from water accumulated in Guzmania mucronata (Bromeliaceae) in Venezuela, A. andrewfieldi Orghidan & Gruia, 1983 and A. caquetiorum Rosso de Ferradás & Fernández, 2001.
一些凤梨科植物的莲座状结构会在叶腋处截留来自树冠层的水和有机物（形成植物小水池），并栖息着许多无脊椎动物物种（弗兰克和洛尼博斯，2009年）。一些水螨适应生活在植物小水池中；通常记录于充满水的树洞、凤梨科植物的叶杯以及一系列植物的叶腋处。卡尔·维茨（1939年）是第一位发现苏里南附生凤梨科植物叶基部所含水中的凤梨水螨（维茨，1939年）的螨类学家。后来，奥尔吉丹等人（1977年）描述了来自古巴植物小水池中的凤梨阿氏水螨（奥尔吉丹、格鲁亚和维尼亚·贝耶斯，1977年）。奥尔吉丹和格鲁亚（1987年）报告了来自委内瑞拉附生凤梨科植物平叶弗里斯凤梨叶腋处植物小水池中的安德鲁菲尔德阿氏水螨（奥尔吉丹和格鲁亚，1983年）。史密斯和哈维（1989年）描述了来自澳大利亚昆士兰州充满水的树洞中的基钦阿氏水螨（史密斯和哈维，1989年）。同一批作者（史密斯和哈维，1989年）还报告说，拟蒂普水螨属的成员出现在美国俄亥俄州充满水的树洞中。罗索·德费拉达斯和费尔南德斯（2001年）报告了委内瑞拉尖嘴铁兰（凤梨科）积聚的水中的两种阿氏水螨，即安德鲁菲尔德阿氏水螨（奥尔吉丹和格鲁亚，1983年）和卡克蒂奥鲁姆阿氏水螨（罗索·德费拉达斯和费尔南德斯，2001年）。
