Where host plant goes, galls go too: new records of the Neotropical galling Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) associated with Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess. (Calophyllaceae)

By

Arriola, Ígor Abba
Melo Júnior, João Carlos Ferreira de
Mouga, Denise Monique Dubet Da Silva
Isaias, Rosy Mary dos Santos
Costa, Elaine Cotrim

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-7-13

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1924--8

Subjects

galling midges , Geographic distribution , host-plant , Neotropical region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1924

 

Abstract

Calophyllum brasiliense, a Neotropical species, hosts seven galling Cecidomyiidae reported only for Brazil. Our hypothesis is the distribution of the galling insects associated with C. brasiliense is similar to that of the host plant. We checked gall occurrence by field sampling and by searching data in literature and herbaria. Current results indicate that the occurrence of galling Cecidomyiidae associated with C. brasiliense extends to 13 Brazilian states, as well as to 11 countries of Neotropical America.