Gall-inducing insects from Atlantic Forest of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil

Santos, Jean Carlos; Almeida‐Cortez, Jarcilene Silva de; Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

doi:10.1590/s1676-06032012000300020

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“…The predominance of the globoid and fusiform galls is similar to the inventories in other Brazilian ecosystems, such as the restingas (Maia & Oliveira, 2010;Maia & Souza, 2013;Rodrigues, Maia, & Couri, 2014), the Cerrado strictu sensu, and the rupestrian fields (Maia & Fernandes, 2004;Carneiro et al, 2009;Malves & Frieiro-Costa, 2012), the Amazon forest (Maia, 2011), the rain forest (Santos, Almeida-Cortez, & Fernandes, 2011a;Santos, Almeida-Cortez, & Fernandes, 2012), and the caatinga (Santos, Almeida-Cortez, & Fernandes, 2011b), which demonstrates an adaptive convergence induced by the galling herbivores over the morphogenetic potential of distinct host plants. This first inventory on the vegetation of dunes indicates the neutral influence of this environment either on host species or generated morphotypes basis.…”

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Questioning the environmental stress hypothesis for gall diversity of restinga vegetation on dunes

Arriola

Melo

Isaías

2015

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Abstract:The Atlantic Coast Restinga is a mosaic of plant communities with a distinct floristic and phytophysiognomy, exposed to luminous, thermal, and saline stresses. Plants of the restinga must have special features commonly associated to xeric environments, and are expected to host a high diversity of galling herbivores. We studied gall morphotypes, and recorded the diversity of galls on plants growing in sand dunes in a remnant area of restinga (Acaraí State Park) in São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. The sampling was done in four plots (250 x 5 m), constituting a total area of 5 000 m², during April, May and June. Plant branches (n ≥ 5) with galls were sampled, identified, and the galls were photographed. The galls were classified into eight morphotypes, associated to eight host plants constituting 15 host plants -galling herbivores systems. The identification of the gall -inducers was based on literature, and on the species-specific feature of this kind of host plant-gall inducers interaction. There was a predominance of leaf galls, green in color. The most common morphotypes were the globoid, lenticular, conical, rosette, marginal, and fusiform galls, similarly to the inventories performed on other Brazilian biomes. Despite the environmental stresses, the xeric features of the dunes of the ASP, and the high local plant diversity, the diversity of galling herbivores were low. Varronia curassavica (Boraginaceae), Smilax campestris (Smilacaceae), and Guapira opposita (Nyctaginaceae) were superhosts of galling herbivores in the dunes, with about 70 % of the total associated parasites. The environmental effect seems to be neutral, either for the host plants or for the generation of gall morphotypes. Alternatively, the scarce nutritional resources could be restrictive for the establishment of the galling herbivores inside plant tissues. Rev. Biol. Trop. 63 (4): 959-970. Epub 2015 December 01.

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Questioning the environmental stress hypothesis for gall diversity of restinga vegetation on dunes

Arriola

Melo

Isaías

2015

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“…Despite some previous studies at similar areas have found the lenticular morphotype (also referred as discoid) as the most abundant morphotype in nature (Fernandes & Negreiros 2006, in the PESV the prevalence was of the globoid and fusiform galls as pointed out by Isaias et al (2013) in other nine inventories of Brazilian galls (Maia & Fernandes 2004, Maia et al 2008, Maia & Oliveira 2010, Maia 2012, Santos, AlmeidaCortez & Fernandes 2011a,b, Malves & Frieiro-Costa 2012, Santos, Almeida-Cortez & Fernandes 2012). There was a direct relationship between these two shapes and the host organs.…”

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Galling insects are bioindicators of environmental quality in a Conservation Unit

Santana

Isaías

2014

Acta Bot. Bras.

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Galls are well distributed across the World and among plant families. Their diversity can support the status of conservation of an area as an urban park, once inventories are presented. These inventories also help to understand the morphological patterns of the galls, based on their most common shape, color, host botanical families, inducers and galled organs. This study is about an inventory of galls at Parque Estadual Serra Verde, Brazil. This conservation unit is an urban park strongly anthropized in a transition area of Cerrado and Mata Atlântica. Galls from four different trails were observed, and collected monthly during one year. The terminology morphospecies was used to distinguish the galls because the identification of the inducers were not always possible. Seventy five morphospecies of galls belonging to 43 host plant species of 24 botanical families were observed. Mostly of the galls was induced by Diptera:Cecidomyiidae, in Fabaceae and Myrtaceae. The most common traits were the globoid shape and green color. The leaves were the most frequent galled organ and followed by the stems. All these tendencies had been already observed in other inventories. Comparing current results with other studies at similar areas, we can assume that the Parque Estadual Serra Verde is very important for conservation. Urban green areas are subject to high disturbance and degradation but also increase the quality of life for the population inhabiting the areas nearby. The diversity of galls at Parque Estadual Serra Verde reflects an area with high levels of stress but with moderate botanical diversity. These features make this protected area an important site for the continuous conservation and regeneration, and highlight the environmental value of Parque Estadual Serra Verde.

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“…Since the late 1980s, numerous inventories of galls have been developed in Brazil, in the Southeast (e.g., Carneiro et al 2009a, Fernandes et al 1988, Gonc¸alves-Alvim & Fernandes 2001, Maia 2013a, Rodrigues et al 2014, Saito & Urso-Guimarã es 2012, South (Toma & Mendonc¸a Jr. 2013), Midwest (Araú jo et al 2014, Juliã o et al 2002, Santos et al 2010, Santos et al 2012b), Northeast (Carvalho-Fernandes et al 2012, Costa et al 2014a, 2014b, Fernandes et al 2009, Santos et al 2012a, Silva et al 2011b, Silva & Almeida-Cortez 2006 and North (Almada & Fernandes 2011, Araú jo et al 2012, Juliã o et al 2005, Maia 2011, Silva et al 2011a), Atlantic Forest and Cerrado being the environments most studied.…”

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Insect galls from Serra Geral, Caetité, BA, Brazil

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We inventoried and characterized the kinds of gall, gall-inducing insects and host plants from Serra Geral between August 2013 and July 2014. Two phytophysiognomies, cerrado sensu stricto and caatinga-cerrado, were examined monthly along transects during ca. 4 hours per visit, totaling 48 hours of sampling effort. A total of 49 gall morphotypes were found on 14 species of host plants in 18 genera and 13 families. Fabaceae and Malpighiaceae were the families with the most galls, with 22 and 10 gall morphotypes, respectively. The genera of host plant with the greatest richness of galls were Copaifera L. (n ¼ 10), Bauhinia Benth. (n ¼ 6), and Mimosa L. (n ¼ 5). Galls were found on leaves, buds and stems. The majority of the galls were globoid, glabrous, isolated, and one-chambered. The inducers belong to Coleoptera, Diptera, and Lepidoptera, Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) being the most frequent and diverse gall-inducers. The associated fauna included parasitoids (Hymenoptera), successors (Formicidae), and predators (Pseudoscorpiones), obtained from 13, 2, and 1 gall morphotypes, respectively. Five plant taxa are recorded as hosts of gall-inducing insects for the first time.

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Gall-inducing insects from Atlantic Forest of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

Questioning the environmental stress hypothesis for gall diversity of restinga vegetation on dunes

Questioning the environmental stress hypothesis for gall diversity of restinga vegetation on dunes

Galling insects are bioindicators of environmental quality in a Conservation Unit

Insect galls from Serra Geral, Caetité, BA, Brazil

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