Sorocea guilleminiana Gaudich

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 : 33

Sorocea guilleminiana Gaudich (n = 1)

Gall: on bud, rosette, green, imbricated, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 16G ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Mozart Catão (27.X.2021, 25.V.2022), Suspensa (26.XI.2021, 23.V.2022), PoÇo Dois Irmãos (26.XI.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador entrance (07.XII.2021), PoÇo do Beija-Flor (07.XII.2021), Centro de OperaÇÕes to Camping (28.III.2022).

Araújo et al. (2012) reported a leaf gall on this plant species in AM. Other species and morphospecies of Sorocea A. St. -Hill. host galls in AM ( Julião et al., 2014), PE ( Fernandes et al., 2009), and RS ( Goetz et al., 2018).

Figures

Figure 16. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ,Brazil):(A-C) On Meliaceae:(A) On Guarea macrophylla subsp.tuberculata (Vell.) T.D. Penn., leaf gall,(B-C) OnTrichilia silvaticaC.DC.:(B) leafgall,(C) bud gall,(D-F) OnMonimiaceae:(D-E) OnMollinedia glabra (Spreng.) Perkins:(D) bud gall,(E) stemgall,(F)On Mollinedia schottiana (Spreng.) Perkins, leaf gall, (G) On Sorocea guillemiana Gaudich (Moraceae), bud gall, (H) On Myrsine sp. (Myrsinaceae), leaf gall, (I-O) On Myrtaceae:(I-J) On Campomanesia guaviroba (DC.) Kiaersk.: (I) globoid leaf gall, (J) fusiform leaf vein gall, (K-L) On Eugenia laruotteana Cambess.: (K) conical leaf gall,(L) globoid leaf gall,(M-N) On Eugenia prasina O.Berg.: (M) conical leaf gall,(N) fusiformleaf vein gall,(O) On Eugenia sp.1, leaf gall.