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Monopelopia caraguata (: : ) and Phytotelmatocladius delarosai (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae): two phytotelmATOUS chironomids DISTRIBUTED from Florida to Argentina

Augusto Siri* and Mariano Donato ILPLA (Instituto de Limnología “Dr. Raúl A. Ringuelet”) CONICET-CCT-La Plata / UNLP (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Bv. 120 y 62, La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina

*Corresponding author; E-mail: [email protected]

Phytotelmata are structures present in terrestri- Argentina (Campos 2010). of this genus al plants such as modified leaves, leafaxils, flowers, grow on the ground and have a simple structure stem holes or depressions, open fruits and fallen and are annuals, differing from bromeliads, which leaves. These structures allow water to impound comprise mainly perennial epiphytic plants with and are more common in tropical areas where a complex structure. diversity and rainfall are higher (Fish 1983). The Larvae of Monopelopia caraguata were collect- phytotelmata provide a suitable habitat where im- ed from Eryngium plants and reared in the labo- mature chironomids are common inhabitants. ratory. This is the first report of this chironomid In this contribution, the occurrence of the chi- species associated with the terrestrial Eryngium ronomid species Monopelopia caraguata Mendes plants in a temperate region. Monopelopia cara- et al. (Chironomidae: Tanypodinae: Pentaneurini) guata co-occurred in some Eryngium plants with and Phytotelmatocladius delarosai Epler (Chiron- Polypedilum parthenogeneticum Donato et Paggi omidae: Orthocladiinae) are reported in Argentina (Chironomidae: Chironominae) and Metriocne- for the first time.A list of the American phytotel- mus eryngiotelmatus Donato et Paggi (Chiron- matous chironomids (except for species inhabiting omidae: Orthocladiinae), which are common in- tree holes and bamboo internodes) with the host habitants of Eryngium in Argentina. plant and references is presented in Table 1. Phytotelmatocladius (Chironomidae: Orthocla- Immatures stages of Monopelopia Fittkau (Chi- diinae) is a monospecific genus described from bro- ronomidae: Tanypodinae) have been found living meliad phytotelmata in southern Florida and Brazil in small bodies of water such as ponds, marshes (Epler 2010). Because only female adults and pupae and streams or phytotelmata. Of the phytotelmat- have been collected or reared, this author postu- ous species, M. Beck et Beck, M. mike- lated that this taxon could be parthenogenetic. Im- schwartzi Epler, M. gesta (Roback), M. caraguata matures of P. delarosai were recently collected from Mendez et al. and an undescribed Monopelopia the impounded water of Bromelia balansae Mez species were reported living in the impounded () in a botanical garden at FCAyF- water of bromeliads (: Bromeliaceae) (Cran- UNLP (Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Fores- ston 2007; Cranston & Epler 2013). Monopelopia tales- Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos tillandsia was reported living in Tillandsia, Catop- Aires, Argentina). This bromeliad species is exotic sis and Hohenbergia in Florida and Cuba (Beck & to this region, being native to Paraguay, Brazil and Beck 1966; Roback 1987; Bello et al. 2011). Mono- the northeast of Argentina (Zuloaga et al. 2008). Of pelopia mikeschwartzi and M. gesta were reported the reared P. delarosai, only female adults emerged, living in Aechmea paniculigera (Swartz) Grisebach which were maintained in separate vials contain- (Bromeliaceae) in Jamaica (Epler & Janetzky ing little water. The females laid their eggs which 1999; Cranston & Epler 2013), whereas the un- hatched 7 days later; therefore, we confirm the as- described species of Cranston (2007) was reported sumption of Epler (2010) that P. delarosai could be living in Guzmania in Puerto Rico. Monopelopia parthenogenetic. caraguata was reported developing in species of In the sampling of Eryngium plants in FCAyF- Vriesea, Nidularium, Hohenbergia and Aechmea UNLP close to B. balansae plants, P. delarosai was in southern Brazil (Mendez et al. 2003) and in not collected. Besides, Monopelopia caraguata, Me- solution holes in the Everglades National Park, triocnemus eryngiotelmatus and Polypedilum par- Florida, USA (Jacobsen 2008). Up to present, this thenogeneticum were not collected from B. balan- species was not found developing in bromeliads in sae, suggesting a possible specificity or preference of Florida (R. Jacobsen, J. H. Epler and J. H. Frank, those chironomids for each plant species. personal communication). The cosmopolitan Eryngium L. (Apiales: Apia- Material Examined ceae) includes more than 200 species distributed in temperate and tropical areas, but these species Monopelopia caraguata: ARGENTINA, Bue- develop phytotelmata only in southern Brazil and nos Aires Province, Punta Lara, ex Eryngium sp. Scientific Notes 1227 ish 2008, Crans - 2008, F ish R eferences rank & F rank Pinho et al. 2005 Campos 2010 Pinho et al. 2005 Pinho et al. 2005 M endez et al. 2011 Pinho et al. 2005 Picado 1913 F ish 1976 Jones 1916 D onato & Paggi 2005, Siri et al. 2008a,b, Campos 2010 Bradshaw 1983, N astase et al. 1995 O spina et al. 2004 M endez et al. 2011 E pler 2001, F rank & ish 2008, M iller 1971 Baumgartner 1986 Jaffe et al. 1992 Picado 1913 Sodré et al. 2010 present study E pler 2010 E pler 2010 Picado 1913 Campos 2010, pers. obs. 2008 Torreias present study M endes et al. 2003, Pinho 2005 2008, Jacobsen ton & E pler 2013 to Canada Country Brazil A rgentina Brazil Brazil H onduras Brazil Costa R ica U S A U S A A rgentina U S A Colombia H onduras U S A Venezuela Costa R ica Brazil A rgentina Brazil U S A Costa R ica A rgentina Brazil A rgentina Brazil U S A ohenbergia augusta, H ohenbergia eoregelia concentrica N eoregelia H ost plant . serra, E. elegans, A echmea aff. serra, m eric a s A illandsia guatemalensis illandsia, Billbergia, C atopsis illandsia utriculata illandsia turneri illandsia guatemalensis the

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