Inga marginata Willd.

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 : 23

Inga marginata Willd. (n = 2)

Gall: on bud, globoid, brown, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 10F ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Cachoeira Ceci-Peri (13.IX.2021), Barragem road (from Alojamento to Camping) (25.IV.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, brown, with trichomes ( Fig. 10G ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Cachoeira Ceci-Peri (13. IX.2021), Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Barragem road (from Alojamento to Camping) (25.IV.2022).

Maia & Mascarenhas (2017) reported the same leaf gall on this plant in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia.Other galls were recorded by Julião et al. (2014) in AM, Araújo et al. (2015) in GO, and Goetz et al. (2018) in RS.

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Figure 10. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-L) On Fabaceae: (A) On Dalbergia sp. 2, stem gall, (B-C) On Inga barbata Benth.: (B) stem gall,(C) leaf gall,(D-E) Inga lanceifoliaBenth.,(D) stem gall,(E)leaf gall,(F-G) On Inga marginataWilld.:(F) bud gall,(G) leafgall,(H) OnInga sp.,leaf vein gall,(I-K) On Machaerium nyctitans (Vell.) Benth.: (I) stem gall,(J) bud gall (with trichomes),(K) bud gall (glabrous),(L) On Machaerium oblongifoliumVogel., leaf gall.