Piper anisum (Spreng.) Angely

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 : 39

Piper anisum (Spreng.) Angely (n = 3)

Gall: on bud, globoid, green or brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 20G ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: 360 (26.X.2021), Suspensa (26. XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, lenticular, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 20H ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

Gall: on leaf, marginal roll, green, glabrous( Fig. 20I ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Suspensa (26.XI.2021), Guapimirim: AraÇari Camping (25.IV.2022), Circular (26.IV.2022).

First record of gall on this plant species.

Figures

Figure 20.Insect galls of Parque Nacionalda Serra dosÓrgãos(RJ,Brazil):(A-D) On Guapiraopposita (Vell.) Reitz.(Nyctaginaceae):(A) leafgall,(B) leafgall,(C) leaf gall, (D) fruit gall, (E) On Fuchsia regia (Vell.) Munz. (Onagraceae), stem gall, (F) On Picramnia glazioviana Engl. (Picramniaceae), bud gall, (G-L) On Piperaceae: (G-I) On Piper anisum (Spreng.) Angely,(G) bud gall,(H) leafgall,(I) leaf gall,(J)On Piper arboreum Aubl.,leaf gall,(K) On Piper cernuumVell., leafgall,(L) On Piper pseudopothifolium C.DC.,bud gall.