Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand

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 : 45-46

Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) Marchand (native species)

Leaf gall, circular, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Psyllidae ( Hemiptera ). Trail: Marcelo Trindade (09/VII/2013). Previous records: Serra de São José (MG), São Tomé das Letras, Vale do Rio Doce (MG), Jurubatiba (RJ), Arraial do Cabo (RJ), Maricá (RJ). Refs.: Fig. 16 in Maia (2013b), Maia and Fernandes (2004), Monteiro et al. (1994, 2004).

Stem swelling, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Marcelo Trindade (09/VII/2013). No previous record ( Fig. 16 ).

Bud gall, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Marcelo Trindade (09/VII/2013). No previous record ( Fig. 17 ).

Leaf gall, conical, reddish, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Dactylodiplosis heptaphylli Maia, 2004a ,b ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trail: Marcelo Trindade (09/VII/2013). Previous records: Pirineus (GO), Ingaí (MG), Serra de São José (MG), São Tomé das Letras (MG), Carapebus (RJ).Refs.: Araújo et al. (2011), Fig. 18 in Maia (2013b), Malves and Frieiro-Costa (2012), Narahara et al. (2004).

Celastraceae (n = 2)

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.