Clematicissus striata (Ruiz. & Pav.) Lombardi

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

Clematicissus striata (Ruiz. & Pav.) Lombardi (n = 1)

Gall: on bud, globoid, green, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 25J ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Cachoeira do Papel (14.IX.2021).

First gall record on this plant genus.

Galls on other genera of Vitaceae, Cissus L. and Rinorea Aubl. are known. The former from AL ( Marinho et al., 2023), GO ( Silva et al., 2018), MS ( Julião et al., 2002), Parque Nacional do Itatiaia ( Maia & Mascarenhas, 2017), MG ( Costa & Araújo, 2019), and RS ( Goetz et al., 2018), and the latter from PE ( Santos et al., 2012).

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.