New genera and species of gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from three restingas of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Five new genera and fourteen new species of gall midges from restingas of Rio de Janeiro State are described. The larva, pupa, male, female and gall are described for each species. The Cecidomyiidae of Brazil are extremely rich in species although very poorly known. A review of the gall midge fauna of the Neotropical Region was recently made by GAGNE (1994), who wrote that the number of gall midges that must occur in the region is inestimab le.This work is a report of new taxa found during a study of the restinga of southeastern Brazil. The ecology and taxonomy of gall midges of this area have been studied by Brazilian researchers for 15 years

Insetos fitófagos associados ao murici da praia, Byrsonima sericea (Malpighiaceae), na Restinga de Jurubatiba (RJ)

“…Bruggmaniella byrsonimae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Este cecidomiídeo induz uma galha no botão floral de B. sericea (Maia 2001a(Maia , 2001b e, comumente, são encontradas inflorescências com praticamente todos os botões galhados (Fig. 3U).…”

“…Insetos fitófagos associados ao murici da praia, Byrsonima sericea fitófagos têm sido descritas na restinga (e.g. Monteiro & Becker 2002;Madeira et al 2002;Maia 2001a). De uma maneira geral, estudos de flutuação populacional, biologia, ecologia e distribuição espacial de espécies de Coleoptera (especialmente da família Chrysomelidae), de Lepidoptera e de galhadores nas restingas do Rio de Janeiro, vêm demonstrando uma grande variedade de hábitos e uma considerável diversidade de padrões de ocorrência temporal (Macedo et al 1994;Monteiro & Macedo 2000;Ferraz & Monteiro 2003;Gonçalves & Macedo 2003;Flinte & Macedo 2003;Flinte & Macedo 2004;Grenha et al 2004;Monteiro et al 2004a, b).…”

Richness of insect galls on shrub-tree restinga of a coastal plain of southern Brazil

“…In these relationships, the specificity of insect-plant systems generates phenotypes capable of indicating taxonomically the organisms involved (ISAIAS et al, 201;, even when there are different interactions induced on the same host species, the so-called "super host plants" (ARAÚJO et al,201). This diversity of gall phenotypes may be used as an indicator of the local richness of galling insects (FLOATE et al, 1996;CARNEIRO et al, 2009), as well as of the diversity of organisms of other associated trophic levels (MAIA, 2001;STONE & SCHONROGGE, 200).…”

Gall midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Aldina heterophylla Spr. ex Benth. (Fabaceae) from Brazil

“…Poir. (Gagné & Marohasy 1993, Maia 2001, Maia et al 2010. Besides that, we report the entomofauna associated with the new species of Lopesia.…”

“…So far five described species of Lopesia are known on Fabaceae (including Mimosoideae): L. armata Gagné, 1993 on Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne., L. grandis Maia, 2001 on Dalbergia ecastophylla L. Taub., L. niloticae Gagné, 1993 on Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd.…”