Myrocarpus frondosus Alemão

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

Myrocarpus frondosus Alemão (n = 1)

Gall: on leaf, lenticular, green, glabrous ( Fig. 11A ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trail: Guapimirim: PoÇo Verde (31.III.2022).

First record of galls on this plant genus.

Figures

Figure11.InsectgallsofParqueNacionaldaSerradosÓrgãos(RJ,Brazil):(A-I)OnFabaceae:(A)OnMyrocarpusfrondosusAlemão,leafgall,(B-C)OnPseudopiptadenia inaequalis (Benth.) Rauschert:(B) leaf gall, (C) stem gall,(D) On Senegalia sp.1, stem gall,(E) On Senegalia sp.2, bud gall,(F) On Nematanthus crassifolius (Schott.) Wiehler (Gesneriaceae),stem gall,(G-K) On Lauraceae:(G-H) On Ocotea cf.elegans Mez.:(G) stemgall,(H) leaf gall,(I) On Ocotea sp.1, stem gall,(J)On Ocotea sp.2, leaf gall,(K) On Lauraceae sp.,leaf gall,(L) On Struthanthus sp.(Loranthaceae),aerial root gall.