Serjania 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 : 54

Serjania sp. (native genus)

Vein swelling, fusiform, little evident, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Vera ( 10/VII/2013) ( Fig. 111 ).

Bud gall, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Vera ( 21/V/2013) ( Fig. 112 ).

Leaf gall (vein), circular, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trails: Abelha ( 13/III/2013, 29/IV/2014), Colégio Agrícola ( 21/V/2013), Marcelo Trindade ( 12/III/2013, 20-21/V/2013, 10/IX/2013), Vera ( 12/III/2013, 20-21/V/2013, 10/VII/2013, 11/IX/2013) ( Fig. 113 ).

Leaf gall, cylindrical, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Dwellers: Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trails: Colégio Agrícola ( 13/III/2013, 21/V/2013, 08/VII/2013), Marcelo Trindade ( 13/III/2013, 21/V/2013, 08/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013), Vera ( 12/III/2013, 11/IX/2013) ( Fig. 114 ).

Stem, tendril, petiole, vein swelling, globose, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Cecidomyiidae . Other dwellers: Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trails: Abelha ( 22/V/2013, 10/IX/2013, 29/IV/2014), Colégio Agrícola ( 13/III/2013), Marcelo Trindade ( 12/III/2013, 22/V/2013), Vera ( 21/V/2013) ( Fig. 115 ).

Midvein swelling (causing leaf fold), fusiform, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Colégio Agrícola ( 13/III/2013) ( Fig. 116 ).

Leaf gall, globose, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Colégio Agrícola ( 13/III/2013) ( Fig. 117 ).

Previous records: Several galls were recorded on Serjania spp. in Amazonas, Pará, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Espírto Santo, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. Refs.: Maia (2013a,b), Maia (2014), Maia et al. (2014), Rodrigues et al. (2014).

Sapotaceae ( n = 5)

Figures

Figs. 97–120. Insect galls of Guaxindiba. 97. Phyllanthus sp., globose leaf gall; 98. Psychotria sp., fusiform stem gall; 99–100. Metrodorea sp., 99. circular leaf gall; 100. vein swelling; 101–103. Neoraputia alba, 101: globose leaf gall; 102: fusiform leaf gall at petiole basis; 103: vein swelling; 104. Casearia sp. 1, cylindrical leaf gall; 105. Casearia sp. 2, leaf roll; 106. Casearia sp. 3, globose bud gall; 107–108. Matayba juglandifolia, 107: conical leaf gall; 108: globose leaf gall; 109–110. Paullinia racemosa, 109: midvein swelling; 110: circular leaf gall; 111–117. Serjania sp., 111: vein swelling; 112: fusiform bud gall; 113: circular leaf gall; 114: cylindrical leaf gall; 115: tendril swelling; 116: midvein swelling; 117: globose leaf gall; 118–119. Manilkara subsericea, 118: circular leaf gall; 119: globose stem gall; 120. Pouteria sp. 1, circular leaf gall.