Impact of a gall midge Parkiamyia paraensis (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on the Amazonian plant Parkia pendula (Fabaceae) Impacto do galhador Parkiamyia paraensis (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) sobre a planta da Amazônia Parkia pendula Benth. ex Walp. (Fabaceae)

We observed the occurrence of large numbers of galls induced by Parkiamyia paraensis (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on the leaflets of Parkia pendula (Fabaceae) in northern Para, Brazil. We addressed two questions in this study: i) what is the proportion of attacked plants in the field, and nursery condit...

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Main Authors: G. Wilson Fernandes, Jean Carlos Santos, Fabiana Marize C. Castro, Alexandre Castilho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2007-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262007000400011