Occurrence and characterization of insect galls in a fragment of semidecidual forest in the Campus Samambaia, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

In an area of semidecidual forest called “Mata da Veterinária”, located at the Campus Samambaia of the Universidade Federal de Goiás, 42 morphotypes of insect galls were collected in 22 species and 20 families of host plants. The botanical families with higher gall richness were Styracaceae (7), Bur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Silva, Taiza Moura, Santos de Araújo, Walter, Santos, Benedito Baptista dos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Revista de Biologia Neotropical (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/28343
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/RBN/article/view/28343
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Cecidomyiidae
Savannah (Cerrado)
galling insects
host plants
Cerrado
insetos galhadores
plantas hospedeiras
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Sumario:In an area of semidecidual forest called “Mata da Veterinária”, located at the Campus Samambaia of the Universidade Federal de Goiás, 42 morphotypes of insect galls were collected in 22 species and 20 families of host plants. The botanical families with higher gall richness were Styracaceae (7), Burseraceae (7), Fabaceae (5) and Siparunaceae (4). The leaf-galls were the most common, the majori- ty occurred in isolation and, regarding the morphology, globoid and glabrous galls were more frequent. There was a greater emergence of Hymenoptera than Diptera (Cecidomyiidae). Studies in other forest fragments in the region as well as in the forest canopy should be implemented.