Machaerium oblongifolium Vogel

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

Machaerium oblongifolium Vogel (n = 1)

Gall: on leaf and bud, globoid, extralaminar, yellow, with short trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 10L ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart Catão (27.X.2021); Guapimirim: Ponte Velha (29.III.2022).

First gall record on this plant species.

Galls on other species and morphospecies of Machaerium Pers. are known from AM ( Almada & Fernandes, 2011), GO ( Araújo et al., 2015), MS ( Urso-Guimarães et al., 2017), MG ( Fernandes et al., 1988, 2001; Fernandes & Negreiros, 2006; Luz et al., 2012; Malves & Frieiro-Costa, 2012; Coelho et al., 2013; Maia, 2013a; GonÇalves-Alvim & Fernandes,2001; Maia&Mascarenhas, 2022), ES (Maia et al., 2014), RJ ( Carvalho-Fernandes et al., 2016; Maia & Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016; Maia & Siqueira, 2020), SP ( Maia et al., 2008), PR ( Santos & Ribeiro, 2015), and RS (MendonÇa-Jr. et al., 2014).

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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.