Occurrence and characterization of entomogen galls in plants from natural vegetation areas in Delfinópolis, MG, Brazil
Braz. j. biol
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63(4): 705-715, Nov. 2003. ilus, tab
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In the present work we aimed to register the occurrence of galls, inductors, inquilines, and parasitoids in plants of three natural vegetation areas in Delfinópolis, MG, Brazil. Results obtained showed 22 types of galls collected from leaf, vein leaf, petioles, stem, and inflorescence of nineteen species belonging to fifteen distinct families. Concerning gall morphology, the following were collected globoid, conicle, discoidal, fusiform, shell-shape, indefinite, and one substituition of an ovary by an immature. As principal inducers were found insects of the families Cecidomyiidae (Diptera), Psyllidae, and Diaspididae (Sternorrhyncha/Hemiptera). As parasitoids the most common are of the Chalcidoidea superfamily (Hymenoptera) and, as occasional inquilines, Polyxenidae (Diplopoda) and Psocodea (Psocoptera). The results of this study contribute to existing of knowledge host-plant diversity and gall-associated insects in rocky fields, cerrado, and gallery forests.
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Main subject:
Plant Tumors
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Plants
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. biol
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/MX
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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