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Ocorrência e caracterização de galhas entomógenas na vegetação do campus pampulha da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

In this study, 37 morphologically different types of insect galls was obtained in 22 tree and shrub species from one secondary successional area at the Campus-Pampulha of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais - Brazil, from august 1980 to december 1982. The cecidomiids are the most important gall-makers. They are founded in the leaves in all the plant species surveyed. The galls external morphologies are highly variable, however the inside aspect are uniform. The gall numbers are variable a mong the plant species. However, the cavity and larvae per cavity numbers is commonly one. Several dipterocecidian parasitoid families are also included in this survey.


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