Insect galls of restinga areas of Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Alene Ramos Rodrigues¹  Valéria Cid Maia¹  Márcia Souto Couri¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: Cecidomyiidae;    Diptera;    Insecta;    insect-plant interation;    inventory;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262014000200010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Insect galls of restinga areas of Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This study carried out an insect gall inventory in restinga areas of Ilha da Marambaia, in the municipality of Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sampling was carried out monthly from April 2010 to March 2011 along the full extension of seven beaches. A total number of 147 gall morphotypes associated with 70 plant species were found, distributed in 33 plant families, and at least 54 genera. Myrtaceae was the botanical family with the highest richness of gall morphotypes and host species, followed by Bignoniaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, Sapindaceae, and Malpighiaceae. Most of the gall morphotypes occurred in leaves (78 morphotypes), 38 in stems, 14 in flowers, eight in buds and fruits, and one in adventitious roots. The galling insects belong to the five orders: Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, and Thysanoptera. Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) was the most common galling taxon (78 morphotypes), represented by 87 species, being 78 gallers, seven inquilines and two predators. In addition to the gallers, parasitoids, inquilines, and predators were also found.

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