Bunchosia 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 : 25

Bunchosia sp. (n = 3)

Gall: on leaf, globoid, extralaminar, yellow, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 12B ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Guapimirim: Circular (27.IV.2022).

Gall: on apical bud, fusiform to globoid, yellow or brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 12C ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Guapimirim: Circular (27.IV.2022).

Gall: on leaf petiole, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 12D ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Guapimirim: Circular (27.IV.2022).

Galls on other congeneric species were reported by Urso-Guimarães et al. (2017) in MS.

Figures

Figure 12. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-I) On Malpighiaceae: (A) On Bunchosia cf. maritima (Vell.) J.F. Macbr., stem gall, (B-D) OnBunchosia sp.1, (B) leafgall,(C) budgall,(D) petiolegall,(E)OnHeteropterys sp.1, leafpetiolegall,(F)On Heteropteryssp.2,stemgall,(G-I)On Niedenzuella poeppigiana (A.Juss.) W.R.Anderson:(G) stem gall, (H) bud gall,(I) leaf gall, (J)On Bertolonia acuminata Gardner (Melastomataceae),bud gall.