Myrciaria disticha O. Berg.

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 : 35

Myrciaria disticha O. Berg. (n = 2)

Gall: on stem,fusiform,brown,glabrous,one-chambered ( Fig. 18C ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Bosque Santa Helena (26.XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, conical, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 18D ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (25.XI.2021).

Galls on other congeneric species and morphospecies are known from AM ( Almada & Fernandes, 2011), BA ( Vieira et al., 2018), MG ( Fernandes et al., 2001; Maia, 2013a; Maia & Fernandes, 2004), RJ ( Maia, 2001, 2013b; Maia & Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016), SP ( Maia et al., 2008), and RS (MendonÇa-Jr. et al., 2014).

Figures

Figure 18.Insect galls of Parque Nacionalda Serra dosÓrgãos (RJ,Brazil):OnMyrtaceae:(A-I) OnMyrcia sp.3,leaf gall,(B)Myrcia sp.4,leaf gall,(C-D) OnMyrciaria disticha O.Berg.:(C) stem gall,(D) leaf gall,(E) On Plinia martinelli G.M.Barroso & M.V. Peron,leaf gall,(F-H) On Siphoeugena sp.1: (F) cylindrical leafgall,(G) stem gall,(H) globoid leafgall,(I) On Siphoeugena sp.2,bud gall,(J) On Myrtaceae sp.1, leafgall,(K) On Myrtaceae sp.2, stem gall,(L) On Myrtaceae sp.3, leafgall.