Croton floribundus Spreng.

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 : 19-21

Croton floribundus Spreng. (n = 1)

Gall: on leaf, globoid, yellow, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 8L ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trail: Teresópolis: Centro de OperaÇÕes (28.III.2022).

Maia & Fernandes (2004) reported a similar gall on this plant in MG. Several authors have reported oth- er galls on C. floribundus : Maia et al., 2014 (ES), Maia & Mascarenhas (2022) in MG, Maia & Mascarenhas (2017) in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia and Santos & Ribeiro (2015) in PR.

Figures

Figure 8. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-B) On Bignoniaceae: (A) On Bignoniaceae sp. 1, leaf gall, (B) On Bignoniaceae sp. 2, stem and leaf petiole gall, (C) On Varronia sp. (Boraginaceae), bud gall, (D) On Rhipsalis olivifera N.P. Taylor & Zappi (Cactaceae), leaf gall, (E) On Celastraceae sp., leaf gall, (F-G) On Clusiaceae: (F) On Clusia lanceolata Camb., leaf gall, (G) On Tovomitopsis paniculata (Spreng.) Planch & Triana, leaf gall, (H) On Cayaponia sp. 2 (Curcubitaceae), leaf petiole, (I) On Dioscorea laxiflora Mart. ex Griseb. (Dioscoreaceae), leaf petiole, (J) On Polybotrya sp. (Dryopteridaceae), leaf petiole, (K-L) On Euphorbiaceae:(K) On Croton echinocarpus Müll. Arg.,stem gall,(L) On Croton floribundus Spreng.,leaf gall.