Characterization of insect galls from a vegetation area in Altinópolis, São Paulo State, Brazil

Autor(es)

Amanda das Neves Ribeiro ^[1] ; Maria Isabel Protti de Andrade Balbi ^[2] ; Maria Virginia Urso-Guimarães

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Centro de Ciências Humanas e Biológicas. Departamento de Biologia (DBio),Laboratório de Sistemática de Diptera - Brasil

^[2] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto. Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Morfologia e Evolução de Diptera - Brasil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo); v. 59, 2019-03-25.

Resumo

Abstract Herein, we studied the occurrence of insect galls from natural vegetation around the Itambé Cave, Altinópolis, SP, Brazil. A sampling effort of 7.5 hours resulted in 41 gall morphotypes on 21 host plant species from 14 families. The richest families of host plants in morphotypes were Fabaceae (N = 11), Euphorbiaceae (N = 7), and Malpighiaceae (N = 5). Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (N = 8), Croton floribundus Spreng. (N = 7), Diplopterys pubipetala (A. Juss.) W.R. Anderson & C.C. Davis (N = 5), and Bauhinia holophylla (Bong.) Steud. (N = 4) were the super host plant species. Among the gall makers obtained, cecidomyiids were reared in 81% of cases and Hemiptera (Diaspididae), Hymenoptera (Eurytomidae), Coleoptera (Apion sp./Apionidae), and Lepidoptera in 4.5% of cases, each. The parasitoids belong to the Chalcidoidea superfamily (Hymenoptera). One new species of Camptoneuromyiia (Cecidomyiidae) was found in Smilax oblongifolia Pohl ex Griseb. (Smilacaceae) as inquiline and a new species of Lestodiplosis in Diplopterys pubipetala (Malpighiaceae) was a predator. We also present the first register of Bauhinia holophylla as host plants of Cecidomyiidae. We also present the first register of Bauhinia holophylla as host plants of Cecidomyiidae, and we expand the occurrence of Rochadiplosis tibouchinae Tavares, Lopesia spinosa Maia and Couridiplosis vena Maia to São Paulo State. The results of this paper are a continuation of the description of gall morphotypes from the vegetation in Northeastern São Paulo State, and they also increase knowledge about the diversity of host plant and gall-maker associations in the Neotropical region. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 99/01429-1 - Relações filogenéticas entre os gêneros de Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiinae: Cecidoyiidi)
• Beneficiário: Maria Virginia Urso-Guimaraes
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado