Casearia pauciflora Cambess.

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 : 45

Casearia pauciflora Cambess. (n = 2)

Gall: on bud, cylindrical, green or brown, glabrous, multichambered ( Fig. 23K ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trails: Teresópolis: Cartão Postal (15.IX.2021), Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021), Suspensa (25.XI.2021), Barragem road (from Casa do Pesquisador to Alojamento) (30.III.2022).

Gall: on leaf petiole, green, glabrous, one-chambered ( Fig. 23L ). Gall-inducer: not determined. Parasitoids: Hymenoptera . Trail: Teresópolis: Mozart-Catão (27.X.2021).

First records of gall on this plant species.

Other galls were reported in this plant genus in AM ( Almada& Fernandes,2011; Maia,2011;Araújo etal., 2012; Julião et al., 2014), GO ( Araújo et al., 2014), PE ( Santos et al., 2012), MS ( Urso-Guimarães et al., 2017; Ascendino & Maia, 2018), and MG (Fernandes & Negreiros, 2006; Coelho et al., 2009; Luz et al., 2012; Maia, 2013a).

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Figure 23. Insectgalls of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos (RJ,Brazil):(A-J) On Rubiaceae:(A) On Psychotria sp.2, leafgall,(B) On Randia armata (Sw.) DC.,leaf gall,(C-F) On Rudgeajasminoides (Cham) Müll.Arg.:(C) stem gall,(D) stem gall,(E) leafvein gall,(F) leaf gall,(G-H) On Rudgeasp.1, (G) leafgall,(H) leaf gall,(I) On Rudgea sp.2, leafgall,(J) On Rudgea sp.3, leaf gall,(K-L) On Casearia pauciflora Cambess.(Salicaceae):(K) bud gall, (L) leafpetiole gall.