Data/hora: 02/06/2024 10:41:16

Provedor de dados: | 49
País: | Brazil
Título: | A synopsis of fern galls in Brazil
Autores: | Santos,Marcelo Guerra; Maia,Valéria Cid.
Data: | 2018-01-01
Ano: | 2018
Palavras-chave: | Pteridophytes; Lycophytes; Galls; Neotropical; Cecidomyiidae.
Resumo: | Abstract Galls are neo-formed plant structures induced by species-specific interaction between an inducing organism and a host plant. Lycophytes and ferns are two distinct plant lineages historically lumped together as pteridophytes. A number of authors suggest low gall frequency in lycophytes and ferns, compared to angiosperms. This study aimed at compiling an updated overview of fern galls in Brazil, providing information on hosts, gall-inducing organisms and associated fauna. The synopsis was compiled using existent data and by updating scientific names and gathering new information obtained by the authors in fieldwork. To date, galls have been recorded on 16 fern species but none on lycophytes. However, the inducer was identified at species level in only three gall morphotypes from three fern species, with a doubtful inducer for Pteridium sp. Galls are induced by mites (Eriophyidae) and insects of the orders Diptera, Lepidoptera, Thysanoptera, and Hemiptera, Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) being the most frequent galler insect.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032018000300601
Editor: | Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP
Relação: | 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0513
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biota Neotropica  v.18 n.3 2018
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess