Insects galls of Pantanal areas in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: characterization and occurrence

Ascendino, Sharlene; Maia, Valéria Cid

doi:10.1590/0001-3765201820170535

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“…Most gall-inducing species are monophagous (about 90%), what was expected, as most gall-inducing insects exhibit a high degree of host-plant specificity (Abrahamson et al 1998, Carneiro et al 2009). Fabaceae, Asteraceae, and Myrtaceae are the plant families with the greatest richness of gall midge species, as in several inventories of insect galls in Brazil (e. g. Almada & Fernandes 2011, Araújo et al 2015, Maia & Mascarenhas 2017, Ascendino & Maia 2018, Maia & Siqueira 2020. Among them, Myrtaceae exhibit the highest average of gall midge species by host plant species, probably because this family is one of the most diverse in the Atlantic Forest, the most investigated biome, and their gall-inducing species are the most studied (e. g. Oliveira & Maia 2005.…”

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Cecidomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta): richness of species and distribution in Brazil

Maia¹

2021

Biota Neotrop.

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Most Neotropical species of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) have been described from Brazil, but a list of species with occurrence in the country has never been published. Little is known about their distribution and richness in the Brazilian phytogeographic domains. Additionally, a list of host plant species has never been gathered. The present study aims to fill these knowledge gaps and provides an overview of this family in Brazil. For this, data were obtained mainly from the literature, but also from the Cecidomyiidae collection of Museu Nacional and two herbaria (RB and R). Based on the site "Flora do Brasil 2020", botanical names were updated and plant species origin and distribution were verified. A total of 265 gall midge species have been recorded in Brazil, most from the Atlantic Forest (183), followed by Cerrado (60), and Amazon Forest (29). The other phytogeographic domains shelter from five to ten species. Phytophagous gall midges occur on 128 plant species of 52 families, almost all native, being 43 endemic to Brazil (21 endemic to Atlantic Forest, five to Cerrado, and one to Amazon). Although, the taxonomical knowledge is focused on the Atlantic Forest, each domain has its own fauna composition and these informations can be useful for environmental conservational purposes. About 58% of the Brazilian fauna are known only from the type-locality. In order to fill these gaps, it is necessary and important to collect in uninvestigated areas.

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Cecidomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta): richness of species and distribution in Brazil

Maia¹

2021

Biota Neotrop.

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“…The record of Chloropidae is known only in the Cerrado until this moment. Cecidomyiidae have been recorded in galls from the Amazon Forest (Maia 2011) and Pantanal (Ascendino & Maia 2018) too, Formicidae and Pseudoscorpiones from Pantanal (Ascendino & Maia 2018). Taxonomical knowledge of the secondary dwellers is deficient, as only four species have been identified.…”

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Insect galls of the Brazilian Cerrado: associated fauna

Maia

Silva

2021

Biota Neotrop.

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Insect galls host a rich and diverse fauna of secondary dwellers, which compose the associated fauna. In Brazil, many inventories of insect galls in Cerrado areas have recorded secondary dwellers. These records were scattered in several papers. This study gathered literature data to provide an overview of the arthropod fauna associated with insect galls in the Brazilian Cerrado. We searched for scientific publications in online academic databases and retrieved 16 papers with data on the secondary dwellers. We limited our search to the period from 1988 to 2020. We updated the name of plant species and verified endemism and geographic distribution in Flora do Brasil 2020. We provided plant species uses based on the Tropical Useful Plants 2014. We found 163 gall morphotypes with secondary dwellers (16.8% of the total of gall morphotypes of the Brazilian Cerrado) on 94 plant species in 37 families. Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Myrtaceae, and Malpighiaceae exhibited the greatest number of records. These are the richest families in insect galls in the Brazilian Cerrado. Most arthropod fauna were recorded in galls of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera). Most records were in leaf galls, the predominant galled organ. Parasitoids were more frequent than successors, inquilines, and predators. Eulophidae and Eurytomidae were the most frequent parasitoid families. Inquilines were represented by Coleoptera, Diplopoda, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Psocoptera, and Thysanoptera; successors by Acari, Araneae, Cecidomyiidae (Diptera), Coleoptera, Collembola, and Formicidae (Hymenoptera), whereas predators by Pseudoscorpiones and Diptera. Most records were presented in suprageneric categories, showing that the taxonomic knowledge is very deficient. 29 plant species are endemic to Brazil and totaled 45 gall morphotypes with secondary dwellers; 46 plant species are useful and host secondary dwellers in 62 gall morphotypes. These data add ecological and economic importance to these arthropods.

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“…Data on the arthropod fauna associated with insect galls have been reported by several inventories in five phytogeographic domains in Brazil: (1) Amazon Forest (Maia, 2011;Carvalho and Motta, 2018), (2) Atlantic Forest (Maia, 2001(Maia, , 2013(Maia, , 2014Maia et al, 2008Maia et al, , 2014Bregonci et al, 2010;Rodrigues et al, 2014;Maia and Souza, 2013;Carvalho-Fernandes et al, 2016;Maia and Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016;Maia and Mascarenhas, 2017;Ribeiro et al, 2019), and ( 5) Pantanal (Ascendino and Maia, 2018). Several gall inventories of Atlantic Forest areas were carried out in restingas, mainly in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Maia, 2001;Rodrigues et al, 2014;Carvalho-Fernandes et al, 2016), but also in Espírito Santo (Bregonci et al, 2010), and São Paulo (Maia et al, 2008).…”

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Review of the inquilinous fauna associated with insect galls in Brazilian restingas

Maia

2022

Braz. J. Biol.

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Several records of associated fauna, including parasitoids, inquilines, predators, and successors, have been reported by insect gall inventories in Brazilian restingas. Although most guilds are well established, inquilines have frequently been misinterpreted. In this paper, the inquilinous fauna of insect galls is revised based on five criteria: food habit; coexistence with the inducer; modification of gall tissues or production of new tissues; phylogenetic relationship with the inducer; and mobility. Gall inventories dated from 1988 to 2019 were examined, totaling 16 publications, eight of them with inquiline records. This guild was reported in 53 gall morphotypes in 44 plant species and four morphospecies distributed among 36 genera of 24 host families for a total of 65 records. Most inquilines were repositioned into the cecidophage guild and others into the kleptoparasite guild, resulting in a large reduction in the frequency of inquilines (from 65 to five records), and in first reports of cecidophages and kleptoparasites, with 46 and 13 records, respectively. Cecidophage was the most diverse guild with insects of five orders (Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, and Thysanoptera) while kleptoparasites were represented only by two orders (Diptera and Hymenoptera) and inquiline solely by Hymenoptera. Other results indicate that Leptothorax sp. (Formicidae) could be a successor and not an inquiline.

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Insects galls of Pantanal areas in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: characterization and occurrence

Cited by 13 publications

References 36 publications

Cecidomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta): richness of species and distribution in Brazil

Cecidomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta): richness of species and distribution in Brazil

Insect galls of the Brazilian Cerrado: associated fauna

Review of the inquilinous fauna associated with insect galls in Brazilian restingas

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