Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil)
Author
Maia, Valéria Cid
Author
Mascarenhas, Bernardo
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2023
2023-11-07
63
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https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/213678
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.040
1807-0205
10270483
Croton echinocarpus
Müll. Arg.
(n = 1)
Gall:
on stem, fusiform, brown, with short trichomes, one-chambered (
Fig. 8K
).
Gall-inducer:
not determined.
Trails:
Teresópolis:
Primavera (
13.IX.2021
), Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (
14.IX.2021
), Centro de OperaÇÕes (
28.III.2022
).
First record of gall on this plant species.
Many authors reported galls on other congeneric species and morphospecies as
Almada & Fernandes (2011)
in AM,
Marinho
et al.
(2023)
in RN, CE and PB,
Urso-Guimarães
et al.
(2017)
in MS,
Vieira
et al.
(2018)
in BA,
Carneiro
et al.
(2009)
,
Maia & Fernandes (2004)
,
Malves & Frieiro-Costa (2012)
in MG,
Carvalho-Fernandes
et al.
(2016)
in RJ,
Maia & Mascarenhas (2017)
in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia,
Ribeiro
et al.
(2019)
and
Urso-Guimarães
et al.
(2003)
in SP.