Piper rioense Yunck.

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 : 39-41

Piper rioense Yunck. (n = 5)

Gall: on bud, green, glabrous, with several concavities ( Fig. 21A ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Primavera (13.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Barragem road (between Primavera entrances) (13.XI.2021), Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Barragem road (from Casa do Pesquisador to Alojamento (30.III.2022).

Gall: on bud, fusiform, green, glabrous, two-chambered ( Fig. 21B ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Barragem road (from Casa do Pesquisador to Alojamento (30.III.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 21C ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Suspensa (25. XI.2021), Barragem road (from Casa do Pesquisador to Alojamento (30.III.2022) ; Guapimirim: Ponte Velha (29.III.2022), Museu Von Martius (27.IV.2022), AraÇari Camping (25.IV.2022), Alameda Von Spix (25.V. 2022).

Gall: on leaf petiole and vein, fusiform, green, with white trichomes ( Fig. 21D ). Gall-inducer: Coleoptera .

Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem road (between Primavera entrances) (15.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021, 25.V.2022), Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador entrance (07.XII.2021), Centro de OperaÇÕes to Camping (28.III.2022), Barragem road (from Casa do Pesquisador to Alojamento (30.III.2022), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, extralaminar, green, with white trichomes ( Fig. 21E ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021).

First records of galls on this plant species.

Figures

Figure 21. Insectgalls of Parque Nacional da Serra dosÓrgãos (RJ,Brazil):(A-F) On Piperaceae:(A-E) On Piper rioense Yunck.:(A) bud gall,(B) bud gall,(C) leaf gall, (D) leaf petiole gall, (E) leaf gall, (F) On Piper sprengelianum C. DC., leaf petiole gall, (G) On Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger (Polypodiaceae), leaf gall, (H) On Cybianthus sp.(Primulaceae),leafvein gall,(I-L)OnRubiaceae:(I) OnBathysamendoncaei K.Schum,leafveingall,(J)On Emmeorhizaumbellata(Spreng.) K.Schum., bud gall,(K-L) On Farameacf.truncata (Vell.) Müll.Arg.:(K) leaf vein gall,(L) leaf gall.