Byrsonima sericea DC.

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 : 48-50

Byrsonima sericea DC. (native species)

Stem swelling, globose, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Marcelo Trindade (22/V/2013, 08-09/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013, 29/IV/2014). Previous records: Pernambuco, Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, RJ), Ilha da Marambaia (Mangaratiba, RJ), Guarapari (ES), Jurubatiba (RJ), Carapebus (RJ), Arraial do Cabo (RJ), Maricá (RJ), Grumari (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Vale do Jequitinhonha (MG). Refs.: Bregonci et al. (2010), Fernandes et al. (1997), Maia (2001a), Maia and Oliveira (2010), Monteiro et al. (1994, 2004), Oliveira and Maia (2005), Rodrigues et al. (2014), Santos et al. (2011b) ( Fig. 60 ).

Leaf gall, circular, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Dasineura byrsonimae Maia, 2010 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trails: Charco (21/V/2013), Marcelo Trindade (12/III/2013, 09/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013). Previous records: Guarapari (ES), Jurubatiba (RJ), Carapebus (RJ), Maricá (RJ), Grumari (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Ilha da Marambaia (Mangaratiba, RJ), Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, RJ), Vale do Jequitinhonha (MG). Refs.: Bregonci et al. (2010), Fernandes et al. (1997), Maia (2001a, 2010), Maia and Oliveira (2010), Monteiro et al. (2004), Oliveira and Maia (2005), Rodrigues et al. (2014) ( Fig. 61 ).

Flower bud gall, ovoid, brown, glabrous, multi-chambered. Galler: Bruggmanniella byrsonimae (Maia and Couri, 1992) ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trails: Charco (21/V/2013), Marcelo Trindade (08/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013). Previous records: Jurubatiba (RJ), Carapebus (RJ), Maricá (RJ), Ilha da Marambaia (Mangaratiba, RJ). Refs.: Maia (1999, 2001a), Monteiro et al. (1994, 2004), Rodrigues et al. (2014) ( Fig. 62 ).

Figures

Figs.49–72. Insect galls of Guaxindiba.49 and 50.Senna sp., 49:marginal leaf roll;50:globose leafgall;51.Zollernia ilicifolia, circular leafgall;52–57.Tontelea sp.1, 52:conical leaf gall; 53: globose stem gall; 54: discoid leaf gall; 55: globose leaf gall; 56: fusiform stem gall; 57: marginal leaf roll; 58. Tontelea sp. 2, circular leaf gall; 59. Hypericaceae sp., conical leaf gall; 60–62. Byrsonima sericea, 60: globose stem gall; 61: circular leaf gall; 62: fower bud gall; 63: Mascagnia sp., globose leaf gall; 64–65. Stigmaphyllon lalandianum, 64: conical leaf gall; 65. globose leaf gall; 66. Sidastrum micranthum, globose leaf gall; 67. Trichilia elegans, fusiform stem gall; 68. Trichilia rubra, cylindrical leaf gall; 69. Trichilia sp. 1, marginal leaf roll; 70. Trichilia sp. 2, vein swelling; 71. Trichilia sp. 3, fusiform stem gall; 72. Trichilia sp. 4, cylindrical leaf gall.