Senegalia sp. 2

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 : 23-25

Senegalia sp. 2 (n = 1)

Gall: on bud, globoid, green, glabrous ( Fig. 11E ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Guapimirim: Mãe d′Água (29.III.2021).

Carvalho-Fernandes et al. (2016) and Maia & Souza (2013) reported galls on this plant genus in RJ.

Galls on Senegalia spp. are known from BA ( Silva et al., 2018; Santana et al., 2020), and RJ ( Maia & Souza, 2013; Maia & Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016; Carvalho-Fernandes et al., 2016; Maia & Siqueira, 2020).

Figures

Figure11.InsectgallsofParqueNacionaldaSerradosÓrgãos(RJ,Brazil):(A-I)OnFabaceae:(A)OnMyrocarpusfrondosusAlemão,leafgall,(B-C)OnPseudopiptadenia inaequalis (Benth.) Rauschert:(B) leaf gall, (C) stem gall,(D) On Senegalia sp.1, stem gall,(E) On Senegalia sp.2, bud gall,(F) On Nematanthus crassifolius (Schott.) Wiehler (Gesneriaceae),stem gall,(G-K) On Lauraceae:(G-H) On Ocotea cf.elegans Mez.:(G) stemgall,(H) leaf gall,(I) On Ocotea sp.1, stem gall,(J)On Ocotea sp.2, leaf gall,(K) On Lauraceae sp.,leaf gall,(L) On Struthanthus sp.(Loranthaceae),aerial root gall.