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- Title
The insect gall collection of the Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: biome cerrado, rupestrian fields.
- Authors
Maia, V. C.; Rodrigues, A. R.; Ascendino, S. H. S.; Boggi, M.
- Abstract
An inventory of the insect gall from Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) was elaborated based on samples of the collection of the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Data on localities and host plants were obtained from the labels and information about the gall morphology (plant organ of occurrence, shape, and presence of trichomes) by observing the samples. The galling species was determined based on the literature. The collection includes 131 morphotypes of galls from Cerrado, obtained from 71 host plant species distributed in 50 genera and 30 botanical families (Table 1). All galls were collected in rupestrian fields (a rare vegetation physiognomy of the Brazilian Cerrado) in the state of Minas Gerais. As the collection comprises a great diversity of insect galls, it can be considered representative of this physiognomy.
- Subjects
CAMPOS Rupestres (Brazil); GALLS (Botany); BIOMES; CERRADOS; PLANT morphology; UNIVERSIDADE Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2014, Vol 74, p207
- ISSN
1519-6984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1519-6984.28012