Guatteria cf. australis A. St.

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 : 11

Guatteria cf. australis A. St. -Hill. (n = 2)

Gall: on leaf, globoid, intralaminar, green, glabrous ( Fig. 5B ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: 360 ( 26.X.2021), Mozart-Catão ( 27.X.2021, 25.V.2022); Guapimirim: PoÇo Verde ( 31.III.2022), Mãe d′Água ( 24.V.2022), Alameda Von Spix ( 25.V. 2022).

Gall: on stem, fusiform, brown, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 5C ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Trails: Teresópolis: Suspensa ( 26.XI.2021), Mozart-Catão ( 27.X.2021); Guapimirim: PoÇo Verde ( 31.III.2022).

Melo-Júnior et al. (2018) recorded these galls in Babitonga (SC).

Figures

Figure 5. Insect galls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ, Brazil): (A) On Justicia sp. (Acanthaceae), bud gall, (B-C) On Guatterria cf. australis A. St.-Hill. (Annonaceae):(B) leafgall,(C) stemgall,(D) On Forsteroniasp.(Apocynaceae),stem gall,(E-G) OnAraceae:(E)On PhilodendronpropinquumSchott.,leafgall,(F)On Philodendron roseopetiolatum Nadruz & Mayo, leaf gall, (G) On Philodendron sp.,leaf gall, (H) On Dendropanax sp.(Araliaceae), leaf gall, (I-L) On Asteraceae:(I) On Baccharis sp.,bud gall,(J) On Dasyphyllum flagellare (Casar.) Cabrera,(K-L) On Dasyphyllum leptacanthum (Gardner) Cabrera:(K) Leaf gall, (L) Stem gall.