Piper pseudopothifolium C. DC.

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 : 39

Piper pseudopothifolium C. DC. (n = 1)

Gall: on bud and leaf, globoid, green, glabrous ( Fig. 20L ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

The gall was previously reported in MG by Maia (2013a).

Figures

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.