Machaerium nyctitans (Vell.) Benth.

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 : 23

Machaerium nyctitans (Vell.) Benth. (n = 3)

Gall: on stem, globoid, brown, glabrous ( Fig. 10I ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador entrance (07.XII.2021).

Gall: on bud, globoid, reddish, with trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 10J ). Parasitoids: Hymenoptera .

Trails: Teresópolis: Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Bosque Santa Helena (26.XI.2021), PoÇo do Castelo (06.XII.2021), Barragem to Casa do Pesquisador entrance (07.XII.2021), PoÇo do Beija-Flor (07.XII.2021).

Gall: on bud, globoid, rough, brown, glabrous ( Fig. 10K ).

Gall-inducer: notdetermined. Parasitoids: Hymenoptera .

Trail: Teresópolis: Bosque Santa Helena (26.XI.2021).

Maia & Mascarenhas (2017) reported two gall morphotypes on stem and bud of this plant in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia.

Figures

Figure 10. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-L) On Fabaceae: (A) On Dalbergia sp. 2, stem gall, (B-C) On Inga barbata Benth.: (B) stem gall,(C) leaf gall,(D-E) Inga lanceifoliaBenth.,(D) stem gall,(E)leaf gall,(F-G) On Inga marginataWilld.:(F) bud gall,(G) leafgall,(H) OnInga sp.,leaf vein gall,(I-K) On Machaerium nyctitans (Vell.) Benth.: (I) stem gall,(J) bud gall (with trichomes),(K) bud gall (glabrous),(L) On Machaerium oblongifoliumVogel., leaf gall.