Guapira opposita (Vell.) Reitz.

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 : 37-39

Guapira opposita (Vell.) Reitz. (n = 11)

Gall: on stem, fusiform, green, glabrous ( Fig. 19G ).

Gall-inducer: Proasphondylia guapirae Maia, 1993 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trail: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Camping to Alojamento (25.IV.2022), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022), Mozart-Catão (25.V.2022).

Gall: on stem, globoid, brown, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 19H ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Barragem road (between Camping and Alojamento) (25.IV.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, green or yellow, with trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 19I ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae .

Trail: Teresópolis: Cachoeira de Papel (14.IX.2021).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, red, with trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 19J ). Gall-inducer: Bruggmannia robusta Maia & Couri, 1993 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador (14.IX.2021), Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel (14.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Suspensa (25.XI.2021), PoÇo do Beija-Flor (07.XII.2021); Guapimirim: Recanto das Ruínas (28.III.2022), Ponte Velha (29.III.2022), Caninana (29.III.2022), PoÇo Verde (31.III.2022), Museu Von Martius (27.IV.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, yellow, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 19K ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel (14.IX.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador (14.IX.2021), Suspensa (26.XI.2021), PoÇo do Beija-Flor (07.XII.2021).

Gall: on bud and leaf, globoid, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 19L ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae .

Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Suspensa (26.XI.2021), Barragem road (from Casa do Pesquisador to Alojamento) (30.III.2022), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022) ; Guapimirim: PoÇo da Capela (28.III.2022), Ponte Velha (29.III.2022), PoÇo Verde (31. III.2022), AraÇari Camping (25.IV.2022), Circular (26. IV.2022), Mãe d′Água (24.V.2022), Alameda Von Spix (25.V. 2022) .

Gall: on bud, globoid, green or red, glabrous ( Fig. 19M ).

Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021, 24.V.2022), 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Suspensa (25.XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, conical, intralaminar, green or red, glabrous ( Fig. 20A ). Gall-inducer: Bruggmannia acaudata Maia, 2004 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021, 24.V.2022), 360 (26.X.2021), Suspensa (25. XI.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador entrance (07.XII.2021), Barragem road (between Camping and Alojamento) (25.IV.2022), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022).

Gall: on leaf, green, globoid, intralaminar, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 20B ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae .

Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Casa do Pesquisador (13.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador entrance (07.XII.2021), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022) ; Guapimirim: Recanto das Ruínas (28.III.2022), PoÇo da Capela (28. III.20220),Ponte Velha (29.III.2022), PoÇo Verde (31.III.2022), Circular (26.IV.2022), Caninana (24.V.2022), Mãe d′Água (24.V.2022), AraÇari Camping (25.IV.2022), Alameda Von Spix (25.V.2022) .

Gall: on leaf, lenticular, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 20C ). Gall-inducer: Bruggmannia elongata Maia & Couri, 1993 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trails: Teresópolis: 360 (26.X.2021), Suspensa (26.XI.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador entrance (07.XII.2021), PoÇo do Beija-Flor (07.XII.2021), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022); Guapimirim: Circular (26.IV.2022).

Gall: on fruit, globoid, green, glabrous ( Fig. 20D ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera .

Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

First record of this gall morphotype on G. opposita .

Galls on this plant species have been reported in several states of Brazil: BA (Maia, 2014; Vieira et al., 2018), ES (Maia et al., 2014; Maia, 2020), RJ ( Maia, 2001, 2013b; Rodrigues et al., 2014; Maia & Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016; Carvalho-Fernandes et al., 2016), SP ( Maia et al., 2008), SC ( Melo-Júnior et al., 2018), and RS (MendonÇa-Jr. et al., 2014; Goetz et al., 2018).

Figures

Figure 19. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil):(A-E) On Myrtaceae: (A) On Myrtaceae sp. 4, bud gall,(B) On Myrtaceae sp.5, leaf gall, (C) On Myrtaceae sp.6,leaf gall,(D) On Myrtaceae sp.7, leafgall,(E)On Myrtaceae sp.8, leafgall,(F)On Myrtaceae sp.9, leaf gall,(G-M) On Guapiraopposita (Vell.) Reitz.(Nyctaginaceae),(G) stem gall,(H) stemgall,(I) leafgall,(J) leaf gall,(K) leaf gall,(L) bud gall, (M) bud gall.

Figure 20.Insect galls of Parque Nacionalda Serra dosÓrgãos(RJ,Brazil):(A-D) On Guapiraopposita (Vell.) Reitz.(Nyctaginaceae):(A) leafgall,(B) leafgall,(C) leaf gall, (D) fruit gall, (E) On Fuchsia regia (Vell.) Munz. (Onagraceae), stem gall, (F) On Picramnia glazioviana Engl. (Picramniaceae), bud gall, (G-L) On Piperaceae: (G-I) On Piper anisum (Spreng.) Angely,(G) bud gall,(H) leafgall,(I) leaf gall,(J)On Piper arboreum Aubl.,leaf gall,(K) On Piper cernuumVell., leafgall,(L) On Piper pseudopothifolium C.DC.,bud gall.