Myrcia sp.

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 : 52

Myrcia sp.

Leaf gall (vein), globose, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Marcelo Trindade (10/IX/2013) ( Fig. 87 ).

Leaf gall (vein), ovoid, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Marcelo Trindade (10/IX/2013) ( Fig. 88 ).

Stem swelling, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Abelha (09/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013) ( Fig. 89 ).

Bud gall, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Abelha (22/V/2013) ( Fig. 90 ).

Previous records: Galls on Myrcia spp. were recorded in Goiás, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rio Grande do Sul. Refs.: Araújo et al. (2014), Maia (2013a,b), Maia (2014), Maia et al. (2014), Toma and Mendonça (2013).

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.