Are gall midge species (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) host-plant specialists?

Carneiro, Marco Antônio Alves; Branco, Cristina Alves; Braga, Carlos E. Duarte; Almada, Emmanuel Duarte; Costa, Marina B. M.; Maia, Valéria Cid; Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262009000300010

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“…For 69 morphotypes characterized were found similar descriptions of only 24 in literature. Considering the high specificity of the relationship gall-gall maker, revised by the recent work of Carneiro et al (2009), which indicates that each gall is specific as to their host plant and that his gall is a unique interaction between them, this indicates possibly 45 morphotypes (65.2%) who have never been described representing unknown species to science. This high percentage of unknown galls shows the lack of studies that characterize the galling community for cerrado of São Paulo, and which make the identification of gall maker with the use of the gall a more reliable methodology.…”

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“…Galls are plant structures formed by abnormal growth of cells, tissues or organs in response to stimuli caused by other organisms (Carneiro et al 2009, Rohfritsch & Shorthouse 1982. This abnormal growth is due to increase in cell volume (hypertrophy) and/or cell number (hyperplasia).…”

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“…The characterization of galls was done using a synthesis of the nomenclatures presented in works in the area as Möhn (1961), Maia (2001), Urso-Guimarães et al (2003), Urso-Guimarães & Scarelli- Santos (2006) and review of the specificity of galls made by Carneiro et al (2009). Galls that were not found galling species the identification where made by similarity to several studies …”

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Characterization of galls, insect galls and associated fauna of Ecological Station of Jataí (Luiz Antônio, SP)

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Urso-Guimarães

2012

Biota Neotrop.

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This is the first study about galls, gall makers and associated fauna of the Ecological Station of Jataí. Galls are plant structures formed by abnormal growth of cells, tissues or organs induced by several organisms, as fungous, nematoids and insects. Five areas of the conservation unity, two in the phytophysionomy of cerrado in regeneration and three in the cerradão area were studied, totalizing 69 morphotypes of galls on 41 host species from 24 families. This is the first record of Annonaceae as the richest family in morphotypes in Brazil; 34 gall makers and associated fauna were identified, which 23 Diptera (67.4%), eight Hymenoptera (23.5%), two Hemiptera (5.8%) and one Thysanoptera (2.9%). Were described 41 new morphotypes of gall and made the first characterization of gall on Maprounea guianensis Aubl., Acosmium subelegans (Mohlenbr.) Yakovlev., Strychnos bicolor Progel, Eriotheca gracilipes K. Schum., Stryphnodendron obovatum Benth., Broyesum gaudichaudii Trécul, Psychotria suterella Müll. Arg., Psychotria trichophora Müll. Arg. and Serjania erecta Radlk.

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Characterization of galls, insect galls and associated fauna of Ecological Station of Jataí (Luiz Antônio, SP)

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Urso-Guimarães

2012

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“…During the sampling period we collected galls and plant branches for identification of inducers and their hosts. Galls were separated in morphotypes (from now on called species; see Carneiro et al 2009a) and later dissected under stereomicroscope. Galls were also placed in plastic pots to rear adult insects.…”

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“…The formation of a gall is essential to the inducers and is part of their life cycle, most of them being host-specific, especially those belonging to the dipteran family Cecidomyiidae (Shorthouse et al 2005;Carneiro et al 2009a).…”

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Gall-inducing insects of an Araucaria Forest in southern Brazil

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2013

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Plant phenological asynchrony and community structure of gall‐inducing insects associated with a tropical tree species

Fagundes

Xavier

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Ecology and Evolution

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The dynamics of occurrence of target organs in plant populations produces windows of opportunity that directly and indirectly affect the structure of herbivore communities. However, mechanisms that drive herbivore specialization between resource patches are still poorly known. In this study, we tested three hypotheses related to variation in host plant phenology and community structure (i.e., composition, richness, and abundance) of gall‐forming species: (a) plants with early leaf‐flushing in the season will have greater vegetative growth and high contents of secondary chemical compounds; (b) gall‐inducing insect community structure changes among temporary resource patches of the host; and (c) interspecific competition is a probable mechanism that drives gall‐inducing insect community structure on Copaifera langsdorffii. We monitored daily a total of 102 individuals of the super‐host C. langsdorffii from August 2012 to May 2013, to characterize the leaf flushing time of each host plant. The leaf flushing time had a positive relationship with the number of folioles per branch and a negative relationship with branch growth. We sampled a total of 4,906 galls belonging to 24 gall‐inducing insect species from 102 individuals of C. langsdorffii. In spite of some gall‐inducing species presented high abundance on early leaf‐flushing plants, direct and indirect effects of plant phenology on galling insect abundance was species dependent. At the community level, our study revealed that the quality and quantity of plant resources did not affect the richness and abundance of gall‐inducing insects associated with C. langsdorffii. However, the richness and composition of gall‐inducing species varied according to the variation in leaf flushing time of the host plant. The results of null model analysis showed that galls co‐occurrence on C. langsdorffii trees differ more than expected by chance and that interspecific competition can be one potential mechanism structuring this gall‐inducing insect community.

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Are gall midge species (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) host-plant specialists?

Cited by 149 publications

References 79 publications

Characterization of galls, insect galls and associated fauna of Ecological Station of Jataí (Luiz Antônio, SP)

Characterization of galls, insect galls and associated fauna of Ecological Station of Jataí (Luiz Antônio, SP)

Gall-inducing insects of an Araucaria Forest in southern Brazil

Plant phenological asynchrony and community structure of gall‐inducing insects associated with a tropical tree species

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