Solanum swartzianum Roem. & Schult.

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 : 47-49

Solanum swartzianum Roem. & Schult. (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf, lenticular,green, glabrous,one-chambered.

Trail: Guapimirim: Ponte Velha (29.III.2022).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, green, with trichomes ( Fig. 25F ).

Gall-inducer: Ceciodmyiidae. Trail: Guapimirim: PoÇo Verde (31.III.2022).

Several galls have been reported in congeneric species and morphospecies in AM ( Almada & Fernandes, 2011), GO ( Araújo et al., 2015), MG ( Fernandes et al., 2001; Fernandes & Negreiros, 2006; Malves & Frieiro-Costa, 2012; Maia 2013 a,2014), MS ( Urso-Guimarães et al., 2017, ES (Maia et al., 2014), Parque Nacional do Itatiaia ( Maia & Mascarenhas, 2017), RJ ( Maia, 2001; Oliveira & Maia, 2005; Rodrigues et al., 2014; Carvalho-Fernandes et al., 2016; Maia & Siqueira, 2020), SP ( Maia et al., 2008), PR

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( Santos & Ribeiro, 2015), SC ( Arriola & Melo-Júnior, 2016), and RS (Toma & MendonÇa-Jr., 2013).

Figures

Figure 25.Insect galls ofParque Nacionalda Serra dosÓrgãos(RJ,Brazil):(A) On Chrysophyllumflexuosum Mart.(Sapotaceae),bud gall,(B-C)On Smilaxfluminensis Steud.(Smilacaceae):(B) leafgall,(C) leafvein gall,(D-F) On Solanaceae:(D)On Athenaea fasciculata (Vell.) I.M.C., stemgall,(E)On Solanum piluliferumDunal,bud gall, (F) On Solanum swartizianum Roem.& Schult., leaf gall, (G-H) On Verbenaceae:(G) On Lantana camara L, leaf gall,(H) On Lantana robusta Schauer, stem gall, (I) On Anchietea pyrifolia (Mart.)G.Don.(Violaceae),stemgall,(J) On Clematicissus striata (Ruiz.& Pav.) Lombardi (Vitaceae),bud gall.