2011
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-06032011000200034
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Abstract: Abstract:In this study we recorded the occurrence of insect galls, inductors and parasitoids in plants of several physiognomies of Brazilian Cerrado in the Serra dos Pireneus, Goiás State, Brazil. We found 62 morphotypes of gall on 28 botanical families, comprising 44 genera and 51 species. The plant families that showed the greatest richness of galls were Fabaceae, with eight morphotypes, and Styracaceae with six. Styrax pohlii (Styracaceae) was the host plant species with the greatest gall richness, featurin… Show more

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“…The total richness of galling insects found here (57) can be classified as intermediate considering the richness found by Araújo et al (2011;62 galling species) who themselves were comparing their result to other studies in terms of crude numbers. However it is important to account for differences among the studies, at least in terms of sampling effort.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 54%
“…The total richness of galling insects found here (57) can be classified as intermediate considering the richness found by Araújo et al (2011;62 galling species) who themselves were comparing their result to other studies in terms of crude numbers. However it is important to account for differences among the studies, at least in terms of sampling effort.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 54%
“…Because of this, inventories of insect galls in the Cerrado identify galling insects only at the order or family level, with Diptera (Cecidomyiidae), Lepidoptera and Hemiptera being the most speciose taxa (Gonçalves-Alvim & Fernandes, 2001;Maia & Fernandes, 2004;Araújo et al, 2011). Cecidomyiidae is responsible for approximately 70% of all gall morphospecies from the Cerrado (Araújo et al, 2014a), being this also the main group of galling insects in the Neotropical region (Gagné, 1994).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cecidomyiidae is responsible for approximately 70% of all gall morphospecies from the Cerrado (Araújo et al, 2014a), being this also the main group of galling insects in the Neotropical region (Gagné, 1994). Furthermore, insect gall inventories in the Cerrado found recurrently that the Fabaceae is the most important host plant family (Fernandes et al, 1997;Gonçalves-Alvim & Fernandes, 2001;Maia & Fernandes, 2004;Urso-Guimarães & ScareliSantos, 2006;Araújo et al, 2011). Other host plant families often recorded in studies performed in the Cerrado are the Asteraceae and Myrtaceae (Maia & Fernandes, 2004; Urso-Guimarães & Scareli- Santos, 2006;Malves & Frieiro-Costa, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A consistent pattern observed in the Cerrado is that Fabaceae and Asteraceae are the most important host plant families of insect galls (Gonçalves-Alvim & Fernandes, 2001;Maia & Fernandes, 2004;Santos et al, 2010;Araújo et al, 2011;Malves & Frieiro-Costa, 2012). The main reason for the great gall richness hosted by these families is its high number of plant species (Mendonça et al, 2008;Araújo et al, 2014), since there is a positive correlation between the number of plant species and galling species (Araújo, 2011).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 81%
“…Previous studies have indicated higher insect gall richness in the xeric habitats than mesic habitats of the Brazilian Cerrado (Gonçalves-Alvim & Fernandes, 2001;Lara et al, 2002;Araújo et al, 2011), as predicted by the hygrothermal stress hypothesis (Fernandes & Price, 1988). According to this hypothesis, in xeric environments the plants are more nutritive for galling insects and the attack frequency of natural enemies (e.g., parasitoids) is lower when compared to mesic habitats (Fernandes & Price, 1988;Araújo et al, 2014).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%