Stem‐galling moths provide cetoniine beetles with feeding sites via sap exudation of invasive alien plants

Yamazaki, Kazuo; Sugiura, Shinji

doi:10.1111/ens.12173

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“…Gall tissues are attractive for non-galling herbivores as food sources (Sugiura & Yamazaki 2009, Yamazaki & Sugiura 2016. There is a rich and diverse fauna of secondary dwellers of galls.…”

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Insect galls of the Brazilian Cerrado: associated fauna

Maia

Silva

2021

Biota Neotrop.

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Insect galls host a rich and diverse fauna of secondary dwellers, which compose the associated fauna. In Brazil, many inventories of insect galls in Cerrado areas have recorded secondary dwellers. These records were scattered in several papers. This study gathered literature data to provide an overview of the arthropod fauna associated with insect galls in the Brazilian Cerrado. We searched for scientific publications in online academic databases and retrieved 16 papers with data on the secondary dwellers. We limited our search to the period from 1988 to 2020. We updated the name of plant species and verified endemism and geographic distribution in Flora do Brasil 2020. We provided plant species uses based on the Tropical Useful Plants 2014. We found 163 gall morphotypes with secondary dwellers (16.8% of the total of gall morphotypes of the Brazilian Cerrado) on 94 plant species in 37 families. Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Myrtaceae, and Malpighiaceae exhibited the greatest number of records. These are the richest families in insect galls in the Brazilian Cerrado. Most arthropod fauna were recorded in galls of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera). Most records were in leaf galls, the predominant galled organ. Parasitoids were more frequent than successors, inquilines, and predators. Eulophidae and Eurytomidae were the most frequent parasitoid families. Inquilines were represented by Coleoptera, Diplopoda, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Psocoptera, and Thysanoptera; successors by Acari, Araneae, Cecidomyiidae (Diptera), Coleoptera, Collembola, and Formicidae (Hymenoptera), whereas predators by Pseudoscorpiones and Diptera. Most records were presented in suprageneric categories, showing that the taxonomic knowledge is very deficient. 29 plant species are endemic to Brazil and totaled 45 gall morphotypes with secondary dwellers; 46 plant species are useful and host secondary dwellers in 62 gall morphotypes. These data add ecological and economic importance to these arthropods.

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“…Gall tissues are attractive for non-galling herbivores as food sources (Sugiura & Yamazaki 2009, Yamazaki & Sugiura 2016. There is a rich and diverse fauna of secondary dwellers of galls.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%