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Occurrence and characterization of entomogen galls in plants from natural vegetation areas in Delfinópolis, MG, Brazil

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Author(s):
M. V. Urso-Guimarães [1] ; C. Scareli-Santos [2] ; A. C. Bonifácio-Silva [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto. Departamento de Biologia - Brasil
[2] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Instituto de Ecología. Departamento de Ecología de los Recursos Naturales - México
[3] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Brazilian Journal of Biology; v. 63, n. 4, p. 705-715, 2003-11-00.
Abstract

In the present work we aimed to register the occurrence of galls, inductors, inquilines, and parasitoids in plants of three natural vegetation areas in Delfinópolis, MG, Brazil. Results obtained showed 22 types of galls collected from leaf, vein leaf, petioles, stem, and inflorescence of nineteen species belonging to fifteen distinct families. Concerning gall morphology, the following were collected: globoid, conicle, discoidal, fusiform, shell-shape, indefinite, and one substituition of an ovary by an immature. As principal inducers were found insects of the families Cecidomyiidae (Diptera), Psyllidae, and Diaspididae (Sternorrhyncha/Hemiptera). As parasitoids the most common are of the Chalcidoidea superfamily (Hymenoptera) and, as occasional inquilines, Polyxenidae (Diplopoda) and Psocodea (Psocoptera). The results of this study contribute to existing of knowledge host-plant diversity and gall-associated insects in rocky fields, cerrado, and gallery forests. (AU)