Stizophyllum perforatum (Cham.) Miers.

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 : 17

Stizophyllum perforatum (Cham.) Miers. (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf petiole and stem, fusiform, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 7J ). Gall-inducer: not determined.

Successors: Hemiptera . Trail: Guapimirim: AraÇari Camping (25.IV.2022).

Gall: on leaf, conical, green, with trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 7K ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: Barragem road (from Alojamento to Camping) (25.IV.2022).

First gall records on this plant species.

Maia (2014) reported a stem gall on S. riparium (Kunth.) Sandwith in MG.

Figures

Figure 7. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-F) On Asteraceae: (A) On Asteraceae sp.1, stem gall,(B) On Asteraceae sp. 2, leaf petiole gall, (C) On Asteraceae sp. 3, leaf gall, (D) On Asteraceae sp. 4., leaf petiole gall, (E) On Asteraceae sp. 5, stem gall, (F) On Asteraceae sp. 6, leaf petiole gall, (G-L) On Bignoniaceae: (G) On Adenocalymma sp.,stem gall,(H) On Handroanthus serratifolius (Vahl.) S. Grose,leaf gall, (I) On Handroanthus sp., leaf gall, (J-K) On Stizophyllum perforatum (Cham.) Miers:(J)leaf petiole gall,(K) leaf gall, (L) Tanaecium pyramidatum (Rich.) L.G.Lohmann,stem gall.