Diversity of insect galls associated with coastal shrub vegetation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Título del documento: Diversity of insect galls associated with coastal shrub vegetation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Revue: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000400435
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Sep
Volumen: 88
Número: 3
Paginación: 1407-1418
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés 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
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: 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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