Acacia sp.

Maia, Valéria Cid & Carvalho-Fernandes, Sheila Patrícia, 2016, Insect galls of a protected remnant of the Atlantic Forest tableland from Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60 (1), pp. 40-56 : 46

Acacia sp. (native genus)

Stem swelling, fusiform, brown, glabrous, multi-chambered. Galler: not determined. Other dwellers: Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trail: Vera (12/III/2013, 21/V/2013) ( Fig. 25 ).

Bud gall, globose, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Other dwellers: Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trail: Vera (12/III/2013) ( Fig. 26 ).

Previous records: Galls were recorded on this plant genus in the states of Pará, Pernambuco and Minas Gerais Refs.: Almada and Fernandes (2011), Coelho et al. (2009), Fernandes and Negreiros (2006), Fernandes et al. (1997), Santos et al. (2011a).

Figures

Figs. 25–48. Insect galls of Guaxindiba. 25 and 26. Acacia sp., 25: fusiform stem gall; 26: globose bud gall; 27–32. Albizia sp., 27: globose bud gall; 28: fusiform bud gall; 29: circular leaf gall; 30: vein swelling; 31: marginal leaf roll; 32:globose leaf gall; 33.Bauhinia sp., cylindrical leaf gall; 34–36. Chloroleucon acacioides, 34: conical gall on folioles; 35: conical petiole gall; 36: globose bud gall; 37. Copaifera sp., cylindrical leaf gall; 38 and 39. Inga laurina, 38: globose leaf gall; 39: vein swelling; 40–45. Machaerium sp., 40: circular leaf gall; 41: fusiform stem gall; 42: marginal leaf roll; 43:circular leaf gall; 44: conical leaf gall; 45: globose bud gall; 46. Ormosia sp., vein swelling; 47.Pterodon sp., globose stem gall; 48. Senegalia sp., globose bud gall.