Rhipsalis olivifera N.P. Taylor & Zappi

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

Rhipsalis olivifera N.P. Taylor & Zappi (n = 1)

Gall: on leaf, globoid, intralaminar, brown, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 8D ). Gall-inducer: Lepidoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Barragem to Cachoeira de Papel entrance (15.IX.2021), Suspensa (26.XI.2021).

First record of gall on this plant.

MendonÇa-Jr. et al. (2014) reported a stem gall on Rhipsalis sp. in RS.

Figures

Figure 8. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-B) On Bignoniaceae: (A) On Bignoniaceae sp. 1, leaf gall, (B) On Bignoniaceae sp. 2, stem and leaf petiole gall, (C) On Varronia sp. (Boraginaceae), bud gall, (D) On Rhipsalis olivifera N.P. Taylor & Zappi (Cactaceae), leaf gall, (E) On Celastraceae sp., leaf gall, (F-G) On Clusiaceae: (F) On Clusia lanceolata Camb., leaf gall, (G) On Tovomitopsis paniculata (Spreng.) Planch & Triana, leaf gall, (H) On Cayaponia sp. 2 (Curcubitaceae), leaf petiole, (I) On Dioscorea laxiflora Mart. ex Griseb. (Dioscoreaceae), leaf petiole, (J) On Polybotrya sp. (Dryopteridaceae), leaf petiole, (K-L) On Euphorbiaceae:(K) On Croton echinocarpus Müll. Arg.,stem gall,(L) On Croton floribundus Spreng.,leaf gall.