Characterization of insect galls from a vegetation area in Altinópolis, São Paulo State, Brazil

Ribeiro, Amanda das Neves; Balbi, Maria Isabel Protti de Andrade; Urso-Guimarães, Maria Virginia

doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.04

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“…(Fernandes et al, 1996), Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Costa et al, 2010;Ribeiro et al, 2019), and Qualea parviflora Mart. (Araújo et al, 2013), but few studies have investigated the effect of the presence of these taxa on the local diversity of galling species.…”

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Gall-inducing arthropods in a Neotropical savanna area in the EPA of Rio Pandeiros (Bonito de Minas, MG, Brazil): effects of plant species richness and super-host abundance

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Several plant-related factors can influence the diversity of gall-inducing species communities. In the present study we performed an inventory of gall-inducing arthropods and we tested if the plant species richness and the abundance of super-host plants (Copaifera oblongifolia) influenced positively in the diversity of gall-inducing arthropod species. The study was realized in an area of Neotropical savanna (cerrado sensu stricto) in the Environmental Protection Area (EPA) of Rio Pandeiros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Host-plant species and gall-inducing arthropods were sampled in 18 10 × 10 m plots distributed in the vegetation. In total we found 40 arthropod gall morphotypes, distributed on 17 botanical families and 29 plant species. Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) induced the most arthropod galls (85%), and the plant family Fabaceae had the greatest richness of gall morphotypes (16). The plant species Copaifera oblongifolia and Andira humilis (Fabaceae) were the most important host species with five and three morphotypes, respectively. Galling species richness was not affected by none of explanatory variables (plant species richness and abundance of super-host plants). On the other hand, galling species per plant species was negatively affected by plant species richness and positively affected by abundance of super-host plants. This is the first study of arthropod-induced galls conducted in EPA of Rio Pandeiros, Brazil. Our results corroborate previous studies that highlight the importance of super-host plants for galling arthropod diversity on a local scale.

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Gall-inducing arthropods in a Neotropical savanna area in the EPA of Rio Pandeiros (Bonito de Minas, MG, Brazil): effects of plant species richness and super-host abundance

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“…Data on the arthropod fauna associated with insect galls have been reported by several inventories in five phytogeographic domains in Brazil: (1) Amazon Forest (Maia, 2011;Carvalho and Motta, 2018), (2) Atlantic Forest (Maia, 2001(Maia, , 2013(Maia, , 2014Maia et al, 2008Maia et al, , 2014Bregonci et al, 2010;Rodrigues et al, 2014;Maia and Souza, 2013;Carvalho-Fernandes et al, 2016;Maia and Carvalho-Fernandes, 2016;Maia and Mascarenhas, 2017;Ribeiro et al, 2019), and ( 5) Pantanal (Ascendino and Maia, 2018). Several gall inventories of Atlantic Forest areas were carried out in restingas, mainly in the state of Rio de Janeiro (Maia, 2001;Rodrigues et al, 2014;Carvalho-Fernandes et al, 2016), but also in Espírito Santo (Bregonci et al, 2010), and São Paulo (Maia et al, 2008).…”

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Review of the inquilinous fauna associated with insect galls in Brazilian restingas

Maia

2022

Braz. J. Biol.

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Several records of associated fauna, including parasitoids, inquilines, predators, and successors, have been reported by insect gall inventories in Brazilian restingas. Although most guilds are well established, inquilines have frequently been misinterpreted. In this paper, the inquilinous fauna of insect galls is revised based on five criteria: food habit; coexistence with the inducer; modification of gall tissues or production of new tissues; phylogenetic relationship with the inducer; and mobility. Gall inventories dated from 1988 to 2019 were examined, totaling 16 publications, eight of them with inquiline records. This guild was reported in 53 gall morphotypes in 44 plant species and four morphospecies distributed among 36 genera of 24 host families for a total of 65 records. Most inquilines were repositioned into the cecidophage guild and others into the kleptoparasite guild, resulting in a large reduction in the frequency of inquilines (from 65 to five records), and in first reports of cecidophages and kleptoparasites, with 46 and 13 records, respectively. Cecidophage was the most diverse guild with insects of five orders (Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, and Thysanoptera) while kleptoparasites were represented only by two orders (Diptera and Hymenoptera) and inquiline solely by Hymenoptera. Other results indicate that Leptothorax sp. (Formicidae) could be a successor and not an inquiline.

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“…To date, for tropical regions, detailed inventories on the occurrence and diversity of gall morphotypes are scarce and incomplete. In the Neotropical Region, the majority of plant gall morphotype records are from Brazil (Urso-Guimarães & Scarelli-Santos 2006, Saito & Urso-Guimarães 2012, Isaias et al 2013, Carvalho-Fernandes et al 2016, Urso-Guimarães et al 2017, Araújo 2017, Liu et al 2018, Flor et al 2018, Ascendino & Maia 2018, Vieira et al 2018, Ribeiro et al 2019 and some of them were conducted in different types of tropical dry forests or semi-arid ecosystems (Coelho et al 2009, Santos et al 2011b, Maia & Souza 2013, Costa & Araújo 2019. Likewise, other reports have been done for the Mexican dry forest (Cuevas-Reyes et al 2004, Cuevas-Reyes et al 2014.…”

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Plant galls recorded from Guanacaste Conservation Area-Costa Rica as an integrated concept of a biological database

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Galling insects are specialist herbivorous that have the ability of manipulating plant tissue to form complex biological structures called galls. Even though different organisms have the ability to induce galls in plants, insect galls have the highest degree of structural complexity. The main goal of this study was to obtain a preliminary systematic record of plant gall morphotypes from the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica and integrate the information into a biological database. Plant gall morphotypes were recorded, characterized and deposited into a specialized herbarium established as a reference for the inventory. Moreover, organisms associated with gall morphotypes were included in the inventory when it was possible to obtain and identify them. Galls were collected in the rainy season over a period of three years. In total, we recorded forty-four families, seventy genera, and eighty-seven host plant species. One hundred thirty-one morphotypes of plant galls were identified in the Guanacaste Conservation Area. The family with the highest number of gall morphotypes was Fabaceae (8.4%). Leaves were the organ with the largest number of galls (71%), followed by stems (17.6%), and apical buds (6.9%). The predominant gall shape was globular (25.2%), followed by discoid (18.3%). Fifty-nine percent of the galls had a glabrous texture, which was most common on leaves, with 77%. One hundred twenty of our field records (91.6%) of plant galls were new morphotypes not only for Costa Rica but also the world. As a consequence of this research and considering the prospect of future increases in new gall records (and associated organisms), we proposed having the biological entities resulting from the inventory placed in a cecidiarium. This repository represents a standardized and comprehensive way to manage the data and biological materials associated with the plant galls. We also suggest a nomenclature for standardizing gall morphotype registries and identifications. This work is the first and most detailed inventory of plant galls carried out thus far in the Guanacaste Conservation Area.

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Characterization of insect galls from a vegetation area in Altinópolis, São Paulo State, Brazil

Cited by 16 publications

References 19 publications

Gall-inducing arthropods in a Neotropical savanna area in the EPA of Rio Pandeiros (Bonito de Minas, MG, Brazil): effects of plant species richness and super-host abundance

Gall-inducing arthropods in a Neotropical savanna area in the EPA of Rio Pandeiros (Bonito de Minas, MG, Brazil): effects of plant species richness and super-host abundance

Review of the inquilinous fauna associated with insect galls in Brazilian restingas

Plant galls recorded from Guanacaste Conservation Area-Costa Rica as an integrated concept of a biological database

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