Systematics and ecology of Naiadacarus nepenthicola, a new species of acaridae (Acari: Astigmata) inhabiting the pitchers of Nepenthes bicalcarata hook. f. in Brunei Darussalam

A new species, Naiadacarus nepenthicola, is described from adults and deutonymphs collected in Belait District, Brunei Darussalam, from the fluid-filled pitchers of Nepenthes bicalcarata Hook. f. This constitutes the first record of a member of the family Acaridae inhabiting Nepenthes pitchers. It i...

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Published inInternational journal of acarology Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 157 - 167
Main Authors Fashing, Norman J., Chua, Tock Hing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2002
Subjects
Acari
Acaridae
Brunei Darussalam
Campanotus schmitzi
mite
Naiadacarus nepenthicola n. sp
Nepentheaceae
phytotelmata
pitcher plant
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Summary:A new species, Naiadacarus nepenthicola, is described from adults and deutonymphs collected in Belait District, Brunei Darussalam, from the fluid-filled pitchers of Nepenthes bicalcarata Hook. f. This constitutes the first record of a member of the family Acaridae inhabiting Nepenthes pitchers. It is quite probable that N. nepenthicola feeds on decomposing leaves that fall into pitchers as well as on decomposing insects trapped by pitchers. Dispersal is accomplished through phoresy on Campanotus schmitzi Staercke, an ant that nests exclusively in the hollow tendrils of N. bicalcarata pitchers.
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ISSN:0164-7954
1945-3892
DOI:10.1080/01647950208684290