Galling insects are bioindicators of environmental quality in a Conservation Unit
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...…psylloids, lepidopterans, hymenopterans, and cecidomyiids (Raman & Ananthakrishnan, 1983; Inbar et al., 1995; Nyman et al., 2000; Souza et al., 2000; Arduin et al., 2005; Rancic et al., 2006; Álvarez et al., 2009, 2016; Magalhães et al., 2014; Portugal-Santana & Isaias, 2014; Bedetti et al., 2013)....
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...Our results indicated that the richer the host family, the richer their gall morphotypes, corroborating data previously obtained in the Neotropical region (Gagné, 1994; Araújo, 2011; Santana & Isaias, 2014)....
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...This color variation has also been observed by Fernandes, Neto and Martins (1988), Inbar et al. (2010), and Dias et al. (2013)....
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...…be of aposematic nature to the gall system, as reported for Psidium myrtoides-Nothotrioza myrtoides (Carneiro et al. 2013); it can also be related to the presence or absence of gall inducers, inquilines and parasitoids, as discovered by Dias et al. (2013) for Schinus polygamous-Calophya duvauae....
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...Moreover, some species of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera and Thysanoptera are also reported as gall inducers (Fernandes et al. 1997, Araújo et al. 2007, Santos et al. 2010)....
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...Even though the Asteraceae and the Melastomataceae tend to host most of the galls within several surveyed areas (Gonçalves-Alvim Acta bot. bras....
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...…conditions of the habitat, anthropogenic disturbances (urbanization), and biogeographic gradients (elevation, latitude, temperature and humidity) are the main factors that determine the diversity and distribution of galling herbivores (Fernandes 1992, Lara & Fernandes 1996, Fernandes et al. 1997)....
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...Among the botanical families, the most affected by this kind of interactions are the Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Myrtaceae, Malpighiaceae and Melastomataceae (Fernandes et al. 1997, Gonçalves-Alvim & Fernandes 2001, Maia & Fernandes 2004)....
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...Moreover, some species of Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera and Thysanoptera are also reported as gall inducers (Fernandes et al. 1997, Araújo et al. 2007, Santos et al. 2010)....
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...The host plant species with the most homogeneous temporal distribution were Celtis pubescens (Cannabaceae), Myrcia splendens (Myrtaceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Luehea candicans (Malvaceae), Byrsonima sp. (Malpighiaceae), Trichilia lepidota (Meliaceae), Miconia albicans, and Miconia ibaguensis (Melastomataceae)....
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