Lantana camara

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 : 49

Lantana camara L. (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf, cylindrical, green with reddish apex, with green trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 25G ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira do Papel entrance (14.IX.2021). This gall was previously reported by Fernandes et al. (2001) in MG.

Gall: on stem, fusiform, brown, glabrous. Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trail: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira do Papel entrance (14. IX.2021).This gall was already known from PE ( Santos et al., 2011), MG ( Maia, 2013a), RJ ( Rodrigues et al., 2014; Maia & Carvalho-Fernandes,2016;Carvalho-Fernandes etal., 2016; Maia & Siqueira, 2020), PB and RN ( Marinho et al., 2023).

Figures

Figure 25.Insect galls ofParque Nacionalda Serra dosÓrgãos(RJ,Brazil):(A) On Chrysophyllumflexuosum Mart.(Sapotaceae),bud gall,(B-C)On Smilaxfluminensis Steud.(Smilacaceae):(B) leafgall,(C) leafvein gall,(D-F) On Solanaceae:(D)On Athenaea fasciculata (Vell.) I.M.C., stemgall,(E)On Solanum piluliferumDunal,bud gall, (F) On Solanum swartizianum Roem.& Schult., leaf gall, (G-H) On Verbenaceae:(G) On Lantana camara L, leaf gall,(H) On Lantana robusta Schauer, stem gall, (I) On Anchietea pyrifolia (Mart.)G.Don.(Violaceae),stemgall,(J) On Clematicissus striata (Ruiz.& Pav.) Lombardi (Vitaceae),bud gall.