“…and sp.1 (Araneidae); and Anyphaenidae are important generalist predators (see Leite et al 2013). The ants Crematogaster sp., Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, 1855, and Camponotus novograndensis Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the predatory thrips Holopothrips sp., Trybonia intermedius Bagnall, 1910 andTrybonia mendesi Moulton, 1933 (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) can reduce defoliation by lepidopteran leaf miners and/or sucking insects (Leite et al 2012a(Leite et al , 2012b(Leite et al , 2012c, and this factor may favor the colonization of the leaves on C. brasiliense by galling insects (free space). Zelus armillatus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) is an important predator of Eurytoma Illiger, 1807 galls as well as defoliators and leafmining insects (Leite et al 2012a(Leite et al , 2012c(Leite et al , 2013.…”