Serjania caracasana (Jacq.) Willd.

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

Serjania caracasana (Jacq.) Willd. (n = 4)

Gall: on leaf midvein, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 24E ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae .

Trail: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021). Julião et al. (2002) reported this same gall in MS.

Gall: on stem, unilateral, fusiform, brown, woody, glabrous ( Fig. 24F ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

Gall: on bud, globoid, brown, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 24G ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

Gall: on stem, fusiform, brown, woody, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 24H ). Gall-inducer: not determined.

Trail: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

Other gall morphotypes were reported by Fernandes et al. (2001) reported in MG and Urso-Guimarães et al. (2017) in MS.

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.