Guapira opposita (Vell.) Reitz

Maia, Valéria Cid & Carvalho-Fernandes, Sheila Patrícia, 2016, Insect galls of a protected remnant of the Atlantic Forest tableland from Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60 (1), pp. 40-56 : 52

Guapira opposita (Vell.) Reitz (native species)

Leaf gall, globose, red or green, hairy, one-chambered. Galler: Bruggmannia robusta Maia and Couri, 1993 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trail: Marcelo Trindade (12/III/2013, 09/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013). Previous records: Jurubatiba (RJ), Arraial do Cabo (RJ), Maricá (RJ), Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, RJ), Ilha da Marambaia (Mangaratiba, RJ), Bertioga (SP). Refs.: Maia and Couri (1993), Maia (2001a), Fig. 29 in Maia and Oliveira (2010), Maia et al. (2008), Monteiro et al. (2004), Rodrigues et al. (2014).

Leaf gall, conical, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Bruggmannia acaudata Maia, 2004a ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trail: Vera (21/V/2013). Previous records: Santa Teresa (ES), Jurubatiba (RJ), Carapebus (RJ), Maricá (RJ), Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, RJ). Refs.: Maia (2001a, 2004a), Fig. 30 in Maia and Oliveira (2010), Maia et al. (2014), Monteiro et al. (2004), Rodrigues et al. (2014).

Leaf gall, circular, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Bruggmannia elongata Maia and Couri, 1993 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trail: Marcelo Trindade (22/V/2013). Previous records: Bertioga (SP), Jurubatiba (RJ), Carapebus (RJ), Arraial do Cabo (RJ), Maricá (RJ), Ilha da Marambaia (Mangaratiba, RJ), Ilha Grande (Angra dos Reis, RJ). Refs.: Maia (2001a), Maia and Couri (1993), Fig. 28 in Maia and Oliveira (2010), Maia et al. (2008), Monteiro et al. (1994), Rodrigues et al. (2014).

Figures

Figs. 25–48. Insect galls of Guaxindiba. 25 and 26. Acacia sp., 25: fusiform stem gall; 26: globose bud gall; 27–32. Albizia sp., 27: globose bud gall; 28: fusiform bud gall; 29: circular leaf gall; 30: vein swelling; 31: marginal leaf roll; 32:globose leaf gall; 33.Bauhinia sp., cylindrical leaf gall; 34–36. Chloroleucon acacioides, 34: conical gall on folioles; 35: conical petiole gall; 36: globose bud gall; 37. Copaifera sp., cylindrical leaf gall; 38 and 39. Inga laurina, 38: globose leaf gall; 39: vein swelling; 40–45. Machaerium sp., 40: circular leaf gall; 41: fusiform stem gall; 42: marginal leaf roll; 43:circular leaf gall; 44: conical leaf gall; 45: globose bud gall; 46. Ormosia sp., vein swelling; 47.Pterodon sp., globose stem gall; 48. Senegalia sp., globose bud gall.