Dasyphyllum leptacanthum (Gardner) Cabrera

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 : 13

Dasyphyllum leptacanthum (Gardner) Cabrera (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf vein,fusiform,brown,glabrous( Fig.5K ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

Gall: on stem, fusiform, green, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 5L ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Suspensa (25.XI.2021).

First record of gall on this plant.

Galls on other species and morphospecies of Dasyphyllum Kunth. are known from BA ( Silva et al., 2018), MG ( Carneiro et al., 2009), RJ ( Maia & Souza, 2013), and RS (MendonÇa-Jr. et al., 2014).

Figures

Figure 5. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A) On Justicia sp. (Acanthaceae), bud gall, (B-C) On Guatterria cf. australis A. St.-Hill. (Annonaceae):(B) leafgall,(C) stemgall,(D) On Forsteroniasp.(Apocynaceae),stem gall,(E-G) OnAraceae:(E)On PhilodendronpropinquumSchott.,leafgall,(F)On Philodendron roseopetiolatum Nadruz & Mayo, leaf gall, (G) On Philodendron sp.,leaf gall, (H) On Dendropanax sp.(Araliaceae), leaf gall, (I-L) On Asteraceae:(I) On Baccharis sp.,bud gall,(J) On Dasyphyllum flagellare (Casar.) Cabrera,(K-L) On Dasyphyllum leptacanthum (Gardner) Cabrera:(K) Leaf gall, (L) Stem gall.