Insect galls from Serra de São José (Tiradentes, MG, Brazil)

Brazilian Journal of Biology

V. C. Maia²  G. W. Fernandes¹ 

[1] ,Museu Nacional Departamento de Entomologia Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: galls;    insects;    rupestrian fields;    cerrado;    Minas Gerais;    galhas;    insetos;    campos rupestres;    cerrado;    Minas Gerais;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842004000300007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

One hundred thirty-seven morphotypes of insect galls were found on 73 plant species (47 genera and 30 families) in Serra de São José, in Tiradentes, MG, Brazil. Fabaceae, Myrtaceae, Asteraceae, and Melastomataceae were the plant families that supported most of the galls (49.6% of the total). Galls were mostly found on leaves and stems (66.4% and 25.5%, respectively). Galls were induced by Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera (Sternorrhyncha), Hymenoptera, and Thysanoptera. The majority of them (73.7%) were induced by gall midges (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera). Besides the gall inducers, other insects found associated with the galls were parasitoids (Hymenoptera), inquilines (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, and Hemiptera), and predators (Diptera).

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