Chrysophyllum flexuosum Mart.

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 : 47

Chrysophyllum flexuosum Mart. (n = 3)

Gall: on bud, globoid to fusiform, green, glabrous ( Fig. 24M ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Guapimirim: Ponte Velha (29.III.2022), PoÇo Verde (31. III.2022), Circular (26.IV.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, intralaminar, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 24N ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Guapimirim: Mãe d′Água (24.V.2022).

Gall: on bud, pedunculated, globoid basally, with point- ed apex, brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 25A ).

Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Guapimirim: Mãe d′Água (24.V.2022).

First records of gall on this plant species.

Galls on other congeneric species are known from AM ( Julião et al., 2014), GO ( Araújo et al., 2015), MS ( Urso-Guimarães et al., 2017), PE ( Santos et al., 2012), and RJ ( Carvalho-Fernandes et al., 2016).

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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.

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.