Hayford, Jurotich, Malik & Chaboo. 2026. Aquatic #Diptera in #Phytotelmata of #Bromeliaceae and #Zingiberales. In (Lin et al. Eds) Aquatic #Insects #Biodiversity and eDNA Monitoring. Insects. www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/17...

New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Forest type influence on #Heliconia-dipteran #interaction networks
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70047

#Phytotelmata #Diptera #Biodiversity #ForestEcosystems
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Unique Egg-Laying Behavior Re-Discovered in Culex Mosquito Species Culex antillummagnorum doesn't lay eggs in a tight group like fellow Culex species. Instead, females hover or perch above pools of water in plants and drop in eggs one at a time.

#phytotelmata #insects entomologytoday.org/2025/10/16/u...

Ink sketch of a canopy of a mixed forest seen from above.

#SciArtSeptember Day 2: Canopy

Some 🐸s, salamanders, & insects spend all their lives in the canopy, only coming down to breed or seek shelter in lower layers during rainy days.

Bromeliads, other plants, & holes in trees can form "mini ponds" for them, called #phytotelmata.

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#SciArt #SciComm

A new species of Elpidium Müller, 1880 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Hispaniola, with an updated key to the species of the genus, and its molecular phylogenetic positioning within the Cytheroidea The ostracod genus Elpidium, a specialist of phytotelma habitats, has received increased attention during the past decade, with a proliferation of described species, rising from seven to nineteen. The...

Happy to share our new publication A new species of Elpidium Müller, 1880 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Hispaniola, with an updated key to the species of the genus, and its molecular phylogenetic positioning within the Cytheroidea zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php...
#Ostracoda #Crustacea #Phytotelmata

#phytotelmata

Pinning #phytotelmata #leafbeetles from #Ecuador. Jim McClarin, a retired American living there, has been collecting lots of #insects on his rainforest property.

Photo looking across a treeless wetland with a large population of large, rosette plants of P. platyphyllus.

Pandanus platyphyllus grows in open wetlands in #Madagascar. It looks like a giant tank bromeliad, & like a bromeliad, it holds water in its leaf axils that is used by amphibians and other critters. #phytotelmata #TropicalBotany #Pandanaceae #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪