Maytenus obtusifolia Mart.

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

Maytenus obtusifolia Mart. (native species)

Leaf gall, globose, thick and hard, green or red, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: Mayteniella distincta Maia, 2001 ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trails: Charco (21/V/2013), Marcelo Trindade (11/III/2013, 22/V/2013, 09/VII/2013, 10/IX/2013), Vera (10/VII/2013). Previous records: Arraial do Cabo (RJ), Maricá (RJ), Grumari (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Ilha da Marambaia (Mangaratiba, RJ). Refs.: Fig. 22 in Maia (2001a), Monteiro et al. (1994, 2004), Oliveira and Maia (2005), Rodrigues et al. (2014).

Fruit gall, ovoid, red, glabrous, one to three-chambered, externally not perceptible. Galler: Bruggmanniella maytenuse (Maia and Couri, 1992) ( Cecidomyiidae ). Trail: Marcelo Trindade (11/III/2013). Previous record: Maricá (RJ). Ref.: Maia (2001a).

Chrysobalanaceae (n = 1)

Figures

Figs. 1–24. Insect galls of Guaxindiba. 1. Astronium sp., globose leaf gall; 2. Schinus terebinthifolius, globose stem gall; 3. Xylopia sp., conical leaf gall; 4. Aspidosperma sp., circular leaf gall; 5. Adenocalymma sp., fusiform vein/tendril gall; 6. Amphilophium sp., globose vein gall; 7. Bignonia sp. 1, fusiform vein gall; 8. Bignonia sp. 2, vein swelling; 9. Bignonia sp. 3, vein swelling; 10 and 11. Martinella obovata, 10: globose bud gall; 11: petiole/vein gall; 12 and 13. Pyrostegia sp., 12: conical leaf gall; 13: vein swelling; 14. Bignoniaceae sp. 1, vein swelling; 15. Bignoniaceae sp. 2, tendril/petiole swelling; 16 and 17. Protium heptaphyllum, 16: stem gall; 17: bud gall; 18. Licania sp., globose vein gall; 19. Buchenavia sp., marginal leaf roll; 20.Erythroxylum pauferrense, conical leaf gall; 21. Dodecastigma sp., vein swelling; 22. Manihot sp., cylindrical leaf gall; 23-24. Pachystroma longifolium, 23: marginal leaf roll; 24: conical leaf gall.