Machaerium 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 : 48

Machaerium sp. (native genus)

Leaf gall, circular, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trails: Abelha (22/V/2013), Marcelo Trindade (22/V/2013), Vera (10/VII/2013, 29/IV/2014) ( Fig. 40 ).

Stem swelling, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Vera (21/V/2013) ( Fig. 41 ).

Marginal leaf roll, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trails: Abelha (13/III/2013, 22/V/2013, 29/IV/2014), Colégio Agrícola (13/II/2013, 22/V/2013, 08/VII/2013), Marcelo Trindade (22/V/2013, 09/VII/2013), Vera (12/III/2013, 21/V/2013, 10/VII/2013) ( Fig. 42 ).

Leaf gall (foliole), circular, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Dwellers: Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trails: Abelha (13/III/2013, 09/VII/2013), Colégio Agrícola (13/III/2013) ( Fig. 43 ).

Leaf gall, conical, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Colégio Agrícola (21/V/2013). ( Fig. 44 )

Bud gall, globose, green, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Dwellers: Hymenoptera (parasitoid). Trails: Abelha (13.III.2013) ( Fig. 45 ).

Previous records: Several galls were recorded on Machaerium spp. in the states of Pará, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Santa Catarina. Refs.: Almada and Fernandes (2011), Fernandes and Negreiros (2006), Fernandes et al. (1988), Fernandes et al. (2001), Gagné (1994), Maia et al. (2008), Maia et al. (2014), Malves and Frieiro-Costa (2012), Rübsaamen (1907), Tavares (1916, 1920).

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.