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Association Of The Stilt Bug Jalysus Ossesae Henry (hemiptera: Heteroptera: Berytidae) With Myrmecophytic Plants Of The Genus Maieta (melastomataceae) In An Upland Forest Area In Central Amazon, Brazil
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Proceedings Of The Entomological Society Of Washington. , v. 109, n. 2, p. 331 - 337, 2007.
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Osses F.
Martins E.G.
Romero G.Q.
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Maieta guianensis Aubl. and M. poeppigii Mart. ex. Triana (Melastomataceae) are among the most common myrmecophytic plants in the Amazonian forest understory. These myrmecophytes are colonized exclusively by the ants Pheidole minutula Mayr or Crematogaster sp. and usually host two other arthropods, the spider Faiditus subflavus Exline and Levi and the recently described stilt bug Jalysus ossesae Henry. In this study, the association between J. ossesae and the myrmecophytic plants M. guianensis and M. poeppigii in an upland forest area in central Amazon, Brazil, is described. The presence of the stilt bugs on M. guianensis and M. poeppigii and on plants around these myrmecophytes was recorded in five transects. The number and position of the stilt bugs on the leaf surface (upper or lower) and leaf type (with or without domatia) of these myrmecophytes, as well as their behavioral acts, were recorded. 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