Mikania hirsutissima DC.

Maia, Valéria Cid & Mascarenhas, Bernardo, 2023, Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63, pp. 1-56 : 13-15

Mikania hirsutissima DC. (n = 3)

Gall: on stem and leaf midvein, fusiform to globoid, green or brown, with brown trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 6F ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Successors: Thysanoptera. Trails: Teresópolis: Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Barragem road (from Camping to Alojamento) (27.IV.2022), Suspensa (23.V.2022). Maia & Mascarenhas (2017) reported this gall in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia (Southeastern Brazil).

Gall: on bud, cylindrical or fusiform, brown, with short brown trichomes, multichambered ( Fig. 6G ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Parasitoids: Hymenoptera .

Trail: Teresópolis: Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 6H ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trails: Teresópolis: Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Cartão Postal (24.V.2022).

Figures

Figure 6. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-T) On Asteraceae:(A) On Lepidaploa sp., stem gall, (B-C) On Mikania cf. campanulata Gardner:(B) leaf gall, (C) stem gall, (D-E) On Mikania cf.confertissima Sch.Bip.: (D) leaf vein,(E) leaf petiole, (F-H) On Mikania hirsutissima DC.:(F) leaf midvein gall,(G) bud gall,(H) leaf gall, (I-K) On Mikania cf.paniculata DC.: (I) leaf gall,(J) bud gall,(K) leaf gall,(L) On Mikania cf.ternata (Vell.) B.L. Rob., leaf gall, (M) On Mikania sp.1, leafgall,(N) On Mikania sp.2, leafgall,(O-Q)On Mikania sp.3: (O) leaf gall,(P) budgall,(Q) stem gall,(R)On Piptocarpha quadrangularis(Vell.) Baker, leaf gall,(S-T) On Piptocarpha sp.:(S) bud gall,(T) stem gall.