Martinella obovata (Kunth) Bureau & K. Schum

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 : 45

Martinella obovata (Kunth) Bureau & K. Schum (native species)

Bud gall, globose, with superficial grooves, green, rough, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Colégio Agrícola (08/VII/2013) ( Fig. 10 ).

Stem, vein, petiole or tendril swelling, fusiform, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Cecidomyiidae . Other dwellers: Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trail: Abelha (13/II/2013, 09/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013, 29/IV/2014), Colégio Agrícola (13/III/2013, 08.VII.2013, 29/IV/2014), Marcelo Trindade (22.V.2013), Vera (11-12/III/2013, 21/V/2013, 10/VII/2013, 11/IX/2013) ( Fig. 11 ).

No previous record.

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.