Trichilia silvatica 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 : 31

Trichilia silvatica C. DC. (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf, cylindrical, brown (dried), glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 16B ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Guapimirim: PoÇo da Capela (28.III.2022), Caninana (29.III.2022), Mãe d′Água (24.V.2022).

Gall: on apical bud,globoid,brown, glabrous,one-chambered ( Fig. 16C ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Guapimirim: Circular (26.IV.2022).

Galls on other congeneric species and morphospecies are known from AM ( Araújo et al., 2012), PE ( Santos et al., 2011; Araújo et al., 2012), MS ( Ascendino & Maia, 2018), RJ ( Maia & Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016; Maia & Siqueira, 2020), SP ( Maia et al., 2008) and RS (MendonÇa-Jr. et al., 2014).

Figures

Figure 16. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ,Brazil):(A-C) On Meliaceae:(A) On Guarea macrophylla subsp.tuberculata (Vell.) T.D. Penn., leaf gall,(B-C) OnTrichilia silvaticaC.DC.:(B) leafgall,(C) bud gall,(D-F) OnMonimiaceae:(D-E) OnMollinedia glabra (Spreng.) Perkins:(D) bud gall,(E) stemgall,(F)On Mollinedia schottiana (Spreng.) Perkins, leaf gall, (G) On Sorocea guillemiana Gaudich (Moraceae), bud gall, (H) On Myrsine sp. (Myrsinaceae), leaf gall, (I-O) On Myrtaceae:(I-J) On Campomanesia guaviroba (DC.) Kiaersk.: (I) globoid leaf gall, (J) fusiform leaf vein gall, (K-L) On Eugenia laruotteana Cambess.: (K) conical leaf gall,(L) globoid leaf gall,(M-N) On Eugenia prasina O.Berg.: (M) conical leaf gall,(N) fusiformleaf vein gall,(O) On Eugenia sp.1, leaf gall.