Insect galls of Atlantic Forest areas of Serra da Bodoquena (MS, Midwestern Brazil)
SHARLENE ASCENDINO,
VALÉRIA CID MAIA
Abstract:An inventory of insect galls of Serra da Bodoquena (MS, Midwestern Brazil) was carried out in an area of semideciduous seasonal forest situated in the Califórnia Farm. Three field works were done in August/2011, December/2011 and April/2012, when the local vegetation was examined during 40 hours per expedition. Fifty-eight gall morphotypes were found on 40 host plants, 38 of them native. The host plants are distributed in 18 families. The native plants include eight endemic species in Brazil, which together to… Show more
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