Eugenia laruotteana Cambess.

Maia, Valéria Cid & Mascarenhas, Bernardo, 2023, Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-56 : 33

Eugenia laruotteana Cambess. (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf,conical,green,with trichomes( Fig.16K ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Parasitoids: Hymenoptera .

Trails: Teresópolis: 360 (26.X.2021), Suspensa (26. XI.2021), PoÇo do Beija-Flor (07.XII.2021), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, extralaminar, red, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 16L ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae .

Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

First records of gall on this plant species.

Figures

Figure 16. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ,Brazil):(A-C) On Meliaceae:(A) On Guarea macrophylla subsp.tuberculata (Vell.) T.D. Penn., leaf gall,(B-C) OnTrichilia silvaticaC.DC.:(B) leafgall,(C) bud gall,(D-F) OnMonimiaceae:(D-E) OnMollinedia glabra (Spreng.) Perkins:(D) bud gall,(E) stemgall,(F)On Mollinedia schottiana (Spreng.) Perkins, leaf gall, (G) On Sorocea guillemiana Gaudich (Moraceae), bud gall, (H) On Myrsine sp. (Myrsinaceae), leaf gall, (I-O) On Myrtaceae:(I-J) On Campomanesia guaviroba (DC.) Kiaersk.: (I) globoid leaf gall, (J) fusiform leaf vein gall, (K-L) On Eugenia laruotteana Cambess.: (K) conical leaf gall,(L) globoid leaf gall,(M-N) On Eugenia prasina O.Berg.: (M) conical leaf gall,(N) fusiformleaf vein gall,(O) On Eugenia sp.1, leaf gall.