Aurélien Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 This species come from Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Blakea is know to house mites (acari), perhaps little ants? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I suspect that in this example, the domatia are much too small to contain ants. http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/agrawal/pdfs/1997/Domatia-1997.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 Aurelien. Having you back in the group has focused more of my attention here. One result is that I have found more information about this family (only Neotropical spp.) after searching for more information regarding Blakea spp., and ants. There is an enormous volume of information in this study, but it will require many long hours sorting out the epiphytic (and hemiepiphytc) myrmecophytes that I specialize in, because of course many are terrestrial species. Neotropical myrmecophilous Melastomataceae – an annotated list and key. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230028715_Neotropical_myrmecophilous_Melastomataceae_-_an_annotated_list_and_key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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