Dodecastigma sp.

Maia, Valéria Cid & Carvalho-Fernandes, Sheila Patrícia, 2016, Insect galls of a protected remnant of the Atlantic Forest tableland from Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60 (1), pp. 40-56 : 46

Dodecastigma sp. (native genus)

Vein swelling, fusiform, green, glabrous, one-chambered.Galler: not determined. Trail: Vera ( 12/III/2013) ( Fig. 21 ).

This plant genus was previously recorded in the North ( Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, and Pará) and Northeast ( Maranhão) regions of Brazil. This is the first record in the Southeast Region .

No previous record of galls.

Figures

Figs. 1–24. Insect galls of Guaxindiba. 1. Astronium sp., globose leaf gall; 2. Schinus terebinthifolius, globose stem gall; 3. Xylopia sp., conical leaf gall; 4. Aspidosperma sp., circular leaf gall; 5. Adenocalymma sp., fusiform vein/tendril gall; 6. Amphilophium sp., globose vein gall; 7. Bignonia sp. 1, fusiform vein gall; 8. Bignonia sp. 2, vein swelling; 9. Bignonia sp. 3, vein swelling; 10 and 11. Martinella obovata, 10: globose bud gall; 11: petiole/vein gall; 12 and 13. Pyrostegia sp., 12: conical leaf gall; 13: vein swelling; 14. Bignoniaceae sp. 1, vein swelling; 15. Bignoniaceae sp. 2, tendril/petiole swelling; 16 and 17. Protium heptaphyllum, 16: stem gall; 17: bud gall; 18. Licania sp., globose vein gall; 19. Buchenavia sp., marginal leaf roll; 20.Erythroxylum pauferrense, conical leaf gall; 21. Dodecastigma sp., vein swelling; 22. Manihot sp., cylindrical leaf gall; 23-24. Pachystroma longifolium, 23: marginal leaf roll; 24: conical leaf gall.