Serjania sp.

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 : 47

Serjania sp. (n = 3)

Gall: on leaf midvein, globoid, intralaminar, green, glabrous ( Fig. 24K ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Guapimirim: AraÇari Camping (25.IV.2022).

Gall: on leaf, conical, green, glabrous, one-chambered. ( Fig.24L ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Casa do Pesquisador (13.IX.2021) ; Guapimirim: Alameda Von Pix to Jucu Camping (25.V.2022.).

Gall: on stem, globoid, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Suspensa (25.XI.2021).

Several gall morphotypes are known on congeneric species and morphospecies in AM ( Almada & Fernandes, 2011; Araújo et al., 2012), GO ( Araújo et al., 2011, 2015), BA ( Vieira et al., 2018), MG ( Fernandes et al., 1997; Coelho et al., 2009; Luz et al., 2012; Costa & Araújo, 2019), and SP ( Ribeiro et al., 2019; Saito & Urso-Guimarães, 2012).

Figures

Figure 24. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-L) On Sapindaceae: (A-B) On Paullinia carpopoda Cambess.: (A) leaf gall, (B) leaf gall,(C-D) On Paullinia sp.: (C) stem gall,(D) leaf gall, (E-H) On Serjania caracasana (Jacq.)Willd.:(E) leaf vein gall,(F) stem gall,(G) bud gall,(H) stem gall,(I-J) On Serjania corrugata Radlk.:(I) stem gall,(J) leaf gall,(K-L) On Serjania sp.:(K) leaf gall, (L) leaf gall, (M-N) On Chrysophyllum flexuosum Mart. (Sapotaceae):(M) bud gall,(N) leaf gall.