Ficus sp. 2

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 : 50

Ficus sp. 2

Leaf gall, conical, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Colégio Agrícola (21/V/2013) ( Fig. 78 ).

Previous records: Galls on Ficus sp. were recorded in the states of Pará, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rio de Janeiro. Refs.: Almada and Fernandes (2011), Julião et al. (2002), Rodrigues et al. (2014).

Myrtaceae (n = 13)

Eugenia bunchosiifolia Nied. (= Eugenia santensis Kiaersk. ) (endemic species of Brazil)

Marginal roll, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Cecidomyiidae . Other dwellers: Coccoidea, catterpilars ( Lepidoptera ) (inquilines), Psocoptera (successors), Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trails: Charco (21/V/2013), Colégio Agrícola (11/IX/2013), Marcelo Trindade (11/III/2013, 12/III/2013, 22/V/2013, 09/VII/2013),Vera (11/IX/2013) ( Fig. 79 ).

Leaf gall, conical, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trails: Colégio Agrícola (11/IX/2013), Vera (11/IX/2013) ( Fig. 80 ).

No previous record.

Figures

Figs. 73–96. Insect galls of Guaxindiba. 73. Trichilia sp. 5, globose leaf gall; 74. Trichilia sp. 6, vein swelling; 75. Trichilia sp. 7, fusiform stem gall; 76. Ficus sp. 1, circular leaf gall; 77. Ficus sp. 2, globose leaf gall.; 78.Ficus sp. 2, conical leaf gall; 79–80.Eugenia bunchosiifolia, 79: marginal leaf roll; 80: conical leaf gall; 81–82.Eugenia sp.1, 81: conical leaf gall; 82: cylindrical leaf gall; 83. Eugenia sp. 2, cylindrical leaf gall; 84.Eugenia sp. 3, globose leaf gall; 85. Eugenia sp.4, discoid leaf gall; 86.Marlierea sp., gobose leaf gall; 87–90. Myrcia sp., 87: globose leaf gall; 88: ovoid leaf gall; 89: fusiform stem gall; 90: fusiform bud gall; 91. Myrciaria floribunda, marginal leaf roll; 92. Guapira sp., globose bud gall; 93–94.Olacaceae not determined, 93: tendril swelling; 94: globose leaf gall; 95. Pera glabrata, conical leaf gall; 96. Phyllanthus sp., circular leaf gall.