Paullinia sp.

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 : 45

Paullinia sp. (n = 2)

Gall: on stem, brown, woody, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 24c ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Teresópolis: Casa do Pesquisador (14.IX.2021).

Gall: on leaf, conical, red, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 24D ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Casa do Pesquisador (14.IX.2021).

Several galls are known on congeneric species or morphospecies in AM ( Araújo et al., 2012), MS ( Julião et al., 2002; Ascendino & Maia, 2018), PE ( Santos et al., 2012), MG ( Fernandes et al., 2001; Maia & Fernandes, 2004), RJ ( Maia, 2001; Maia & Souza, 2013; Maia & Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016), and SP ( Maia et al., 2008).

Figures

Figure 24. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-L) On Sapindaceae: (A-B) On Paullinia carpopoda Cambess.: (A) leaf gall, (B) leaf gall,(C-D) On Paullinia sp.: (C) stem gall,(D) leaf gall, (E-H) On Serjania caracasana (Jacq.)Willd.:(E) leaf vein gall,(F) stem gall,(G) bud gall,(H) stem gall,(I-J) On Serjania corrugata Radlk.:(I) stem gall,(J) leaf gall,(K-L) On Serjania sp.:(K) leaf gall, (L) leaf gall, (M-N) On Chrysophyllum flexuosum Mart. (Sapotaceae):(M) bud gall,(N) leaf gall.