Sidastrum micranthum

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 : 50

Sidastrum micranthum (A. St.-Hil.) Fryxell (= Sida micrantha A.

St.-Hil.) (native species)

Stem swelling, fusiform, brown, glabrous, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Marcelo Trindade (10/IX/2013).

Leaf gall, globose, yellow, hairy, one-chambered. Galler: not determined. Trail: Colégio Agrícola (08/VII/2013, 11/IX/2013) ( Fig. 66 ).

Previous records: Galls on Sidastrum spp. (as Sida ) were recorded in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. Refs.: Coelho et al. (2009), Fernandes et al. (1997), Rodrigues et al. (2014).

Meliaceae (n = 9)

Figures

Figs.49–72. Insect galls of Guaxindiba.49 and 50.Senna sp., 49:marginal leaf roll;50:globose leafgall;51.Zollernia ilicifolia, circular leafgall;52–57.Tontelea sp.1, 52:conical leaf gall; 53: globose stem gall; 54: discoid leaf gall; 55: globose leaf gall; 56: fusiform stem gall; 57: marginal leaf roll; 58. Tontelea sp. 2, circular leaf gall; 59. Hypericaceae sp., conical leaf gall; 60–62. Byrsonima sericea, 60: globose stem gall; 61: circular leaf gall; 62: fower bud gall; 63: Mascagnia sp., globose leaf gall; 64–65. Stigmaphyllon lalandianum, 64: conical leaf gall; 65. globose leaf gall; 66. Sidastrum micranthum, globose leaf gall; 67. Trichilia elegans, fusiform stem gall; 68. Trichilia rubra, cylindrical leaf gall; 69. Trichilia sp. 1, marginal leaf roll; 70. Trichilia sp. 2, vein swelling; 71. Trichilia sp. 3, fusiform stem gall; 72. Trichilia sp. 4, cylindrical leaf gall.