Cerciplanus cipo Garcia & Urso-Guimaraes 2020
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: Larval description of Cerciplanus cipo Larva of 3rd instar (Fig. 3A). Whitish. Body length, 1.73 mm, width 0.8 mm (n=3). Integument weakly sclerotized. Spatula bidentate 0.12 mm length, width 0.08 mm, inner incision wide and U-shaped, teeth 0.04 mm apart from each other (n=2). Spatula strongly sclerotized in the anterior portion; shaft short and large; lateral papillae in one group of three papillae, two setose and one asetose (Fig. 3B). Terminal segment with four papillae of equal size per side, two setose and two asetose, ventral anus in shaft (Fig. 3C). Material examined 3 larvae: BRAZIL, Serra do Cipó, Reserva Vellozia (- 19.28089°S, - 43.59013°W), Morro do Elefante (- 19.28941°S, - 43.53816°W). 30-X-2023 until 1-XI-2023, Urso-Guimarães 2023 leg., 3 larvae. Remarks The larvae from Cerciplanus cipo is compatible with the diagnostic characters of Cerciplanus larvae, being morphologically closer to C. tocantinensis Gall and biology The leaf galls of Ouratea floribunda (Ochnaceae) (Fig. 4) are green when immature, turning brown when mature or senescent. Galls have a conical format and develop on the abaxial surface of the leaf, normally attached to the main vein. Pupation of Cerciplanus cipo occurred in the gall and has been recorded as a leaf gall inducer in distinct species of Ochnaceae (in Garcia et al., 2020 it was erroneously identified as Heteropterys sp., Malpighiaceae). With the new samples containing reproductive organs, it was possible to re-identify the host plant of C. cipo as an Ouratea floribunda of the family Ochnaceae, like the other inducers of this Cerciplanus described so far.
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949543012
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