Open AccessFirst report of the genus Systelloderes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) in Guzmania multiflora (Bromeliaceae) in Colombia
Author(s) -
Fabiola Ospina Bautista,
Camilo Llano,
Emilio Realpe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista colombiana de entomología/revista colombiana de entomologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.196
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2665-4385
pISSN - 0120-0488
DOI - 10.25100/socolen.v44i1.6551
Subject(s) - bromeliaceae , hemiptera , genus , heteroptera , biology , ecology
The relationship between purely predacious Enicocephalidae and plants is relatively unknown. This study reports the occurrence of two species of Systelloderes in Guzmania multiflora (Bromeliaceae) from a mountain forest of Colombia. This was conducted in the Reserva Forestal Protectora de las Cuencas Hidrográficas de Rio Blanco y Quebrada Olivares forest reserve in Caldas, Colombia. Bromeliads located at heights between one to three meters above the ground were used to collect Enicocephalidae. Systelloderes species have been previously reported in Colombia; however, this genus had not been found in bromeliads until now.