Superhost Plants Alter the Structure of Plant–Galling Insect Networks in Neotropical Savannas
Plants, 2019 Host plants may harbor a variable number of galling insect species, with some species being able to harbor a high diversity of these insects, being therefore called superhost plants.
Walter Santos de Araújo +6 more
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Host Specialization in Plant-galling Interactions: Contrasting Mites and Insects
Diversity, 2019 Galling arthropods represent one of the most specialized herbivore groups. On an evolutionary scale, different taxa of insects and mites have convergently adapted to a galling lifestyle.
Walter Santos de Araújo +11 more
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Rich specialized insect damage on Pliocene leaves from the Mahuadanr Valley (India) growing under a warm climate with weak seasonality [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPlant‐insect interactions play a crucial role in shaping terrestrial ecosystems, influencing abundance and distribution of plant species. In the present study, we investigated leaf‐mining patterns on fossil leaves from Pliocene strata of the Mahuadanr ...
Benjamin Adroit +4 more
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Widespread Lateral Transmission in Fergusonina Galling Flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and Their Obligate Nematode Mutualists Does Not Preclude an Overall Pattern of Cospeciation [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionCospeciation between symbionts or other tightly associated organisms is believed to occur primarily in the case of strict vertical transmission of the interaction from parents to offspring.
Sonja J. Scheffer +10 more
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Unexpected High Diversity of Galling Insects in the Amazonian Upper Canopy: The Savanna Out There [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Eduardo M. Venticinque +2 more
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Architectural Diversity and Galling Insects on Caryocar Brasiliense Trees [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Alcinei Mistico Azevedo +2 more
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Evidence for a stress hypothesis: hemiparasitism effect on the colonization of Alchornea castaneaefolia A. Juss.uphorbiaceae) by Galling Insects [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2003 Stressed plants are generally more attacked by galling insects. In this study we investigated the relationship between population abundance and species richness of galling insects on the tree Alchornea castaneaefolia A. JUSS. (Euphorbiaceae), submited to
Gustavo SCHWARTZ +6 more
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Distribution of galling insects and their parasitoids on Caryocar brasiliense tree crowns
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Malpighiales: Caryocaraceae) is widely distributed in the Brazilian savanna and its fruits are used by humans for food, production of cosmetics, lubricants, and in the pharmaceutical industry.
G. L. D. Leite +7 more
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 This study inventoried and characterized the richness of galling insects based on gall morphotypes and their host plants in two Cerrado sensu stricto areas of Caetité municipality in Bahia State, Brazil, to aid the identification of galling insects and ...
GABRIELA B.D. CAMPOS +4 more
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Where host plant goes, galls go too: new records of the Neotropical galling Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) associated with Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess. (Calophyllaceae) [PDF]
Check List, 2016 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.
Ígor Arriola +4 more
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