Inga barbata Benth.

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 : 21

Inga barbata Benth. (n = 2)

Gall: on stem, fusiform, brown, with microtrichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 10B ). Gall-inducer: Curculionidae ( Coleoptera ). Trails: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão to Primavera (25.X.2021), 360 (26.X.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

Gall: on leaf, globoid, extralaminar, green, with brown trichomes, one-chambered ( Fig. 10C ). Gall-inducer: Cecidomyiidae . Trail: Teresópolis: 360 (26.X.2021).

Maia & Mascarenhas (2017) reported the same leaf gall in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia.

Figures

Figure 10. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A-L) On Fabaceae: (A) On Dalbergia sp. 2, stem gall, (B-C) On Inga barbata Benth.: (B) stem gall,(C) leaf gall,(D-E) Inga lanceifoliaBenth.,(D) stem gall,(E)leaf gall,(F-G) On Inga marginataWilld.:(F) bud gall,(G) leafgall,(H) OnInga sp.,leaf vein gall,(I-K) On Machaerium nyctitans (Vell.) Benth.: (I) stem gall,(J) bud gall (with trichomes),(K) bud gall (glabrous),(L) On Machaerium oblongifoliumVogel., leaf gall.