| Journal: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000400435 |
| ISSN: | 0001-3765 |
| Authors: | Carvalho-Fernandes, Sheila P1 Ascendino, Sharlene1 Maia, Valeria C1 Couri, Marcia S1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Season: | Sep |
| Volumen: | 88 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 1407-1418 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Surveys in the coastal sandy plains (restingas) of Rio de Janeiro have shown a great richness of galls. We investigated the galling insects in two preserved restingas areas of Rio de Janeiro state: Parque Estadual da Costa do Sol and Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Fazenda Caruara. The collections were done each two months, from June 2011 to May 2012. We investigated 38 points during 45 minutes each per collection. The galls were taken to the laboratory for rearing the insects. A total number of 151 insect galls were found in 82 plant species distributed into 34 botanic families. Most of the galls occurred on leaves and the plant families with the highest richness of galls were Myrtaceae and Fabaceae. All the six insect orders with galling species were found in this survey, where Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) was the main galler group. Hymenoptera and Thysanoptera were found as parasitoids and inquilines in 29 galls. The richness of galls in the surveyed areas reveals the importance of restinga for the composition and diversity of gall-inducing insect fauna |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Botánica, Ecología, Insectos, Planicie costera, Matorrales, Insectos agalleros, Interacción planta-insecto, Cecidomyiidae |
| Keyword: | Biology, Botany, Ecology, Insects, Coastal plain, Shrubs, Gall insects, Plant-insect interactions, Cecidomyiidae |
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