Niphidium crassifolium

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 : 41

Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger (n = 1)

Gall: on leaf, concave, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig.21G ).Gall-inducer Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (14.IX.2021), Suspensa (26.XI.2021), Centro de OperaÇÕes to Camping (28.III.2022).

This gall was previously reported in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia ( Maia & Mascarenhas, 2017).

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.