Ocotea cf. elegans Mez

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 : 25

Ocotea cf. elegans Mez (n = 2)

Gall: on stem, fusiform, brown, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 11G ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (25.XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, intralaminar, green, with white trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 11H ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Centro de OperaÇÕes to Camping (28.III.2022).

Flor et al. (2018) reported the same stem gall on Ocotea elegans in RJ.

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.