Galhas de insetos em uma área de transição caatinga-cerrado no Nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

The caatinga-cerrado transition environments in Caetité, state of Bahia, Brazil, were investigated in order to contribute to the knowledge of the host plants and galling insects. Forty-three gall morphotypes were found, in 17 plant families. Leguminosae and Myrtaceae were the families with the greatest richness of galls, with 15 and five morphotypes, respectively. Galls occurred mainly on leaves (70%), and were predominantly globoid (58%), isolated (67.44%), unilocular (82.6%) and green (51%). Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) was the main gall inducing family. The fauna associated with the galls comprised parasitoids, inquilines, successors and predators. We recorded for the first time pseudoscorpions in galls of Myrcia tomentosa.

Insect galls from Serra Geral, Caetité, BA, Brazil

“…These two genera were already indicated in other gall inventories as super hosts in the caatinga, cerrado and caatinga-cerrado transition , Luz et al 2012, Costa et al 2014b). The Copaifera is reported as super hosts in other vegetation types, such as cerrado (Fernandes et al 1988, Fagundes 2014 and atlantic forest (Maia 2013b).…”

“…This species was considered a super-host in other ecosystems as well, such as the atlantic forest (Maia 2013b), cerrado (Maia & Fernandes 2004) and caatinga-cerrado transition (Costa et al 2014b). This species has great morphogenetic potential and responds differently to the stimuli of more than 20 gall-inducing insects (Oliveira et al 2008, Costa et al 2010.…”

“…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.…”

“…He recorded 20 gall-inducing species of Diptera associated with plants. More recent inventories of insect galls and host plants from Bahia are restricted to three studies that focused mainly on caatinga (Carvalho-Fernandes et al 2012) and caatinga-cerrado physiognomies (Costa et al 2014a(Costa et al , 2014b. In addition, four gall midge species of Cecidomyiidae were recorded for the first time in the State of Bahia (Maia 2014).…”

Representativity of the genus Asphondylia Loew, 1850 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Brazil

“…Literature data were compiled from six papers retrieved from the Web of Science (Carneiro et al, 2009a;Maia, 2013a;Maia et al, 2008b;Maia & Fernandes, 2005;Gagné et al, 2001), 51 Brazilian gall inventories (Almada & Fernandes, 2011;Araújo et al, 2011;Araújo et al, 2014;Bregonci et al, 2010;Carneiro et al, 2009b;Coelho et al, 2009;Coelho et al, 2013a;Coelho et al, 2013b;Costa et al, 2014;Dreger-Jauffret & Shorthouse, 1992;Fernandes & Negreiros, 2006;Fernandes et al, 1988;Fernandes et al, 1997;Fernandes et al, 2001;Gagné et al, 2001;Gagné, 1994;Gagné, 2004;Gonçalves-Alvim & Fernandes, 2001;Julião et al, 2002;Maia & Carvalho, 2016;Maia & Fernandes, 2004;Maia & Fernandes, 2005;Maia & Oliveira, 2010;Maia & Souza, 2013;Maia et al, 1992;Maia et al, 2008a;Maia et al, 2014;Maia, 2001;Maia, 2004;Maia, 2011;Maia, 2013b;Maia, 2014;Mendonça et al, 2014;Oliveira & Maia, 2005;<...>…”