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10.25100/socolen.v46i1.8546
Submitted: 24-09-2019
Published: 15-01-2020

Does environmental diversity affect hymenopteran galling insects and their natural enemies on Caryocar brasiliense trees (Caryocaraceae)?

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Keywords: Ablerus magistretti, Bruchophagus sp., Eurytoma sp., parasitoids, predators

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Demolin-Leite GL, Dos Santos-Veloso RV, Alvarenga-Soares M, Fernandes GW, Cola-Zanuncio J, Alves-Oliveira N, et al. Does environmental diversity affect hymenopteran galling insects and their natural enemies on Caryocar brasiliense trees (Caryocaraceae)?. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 25];46(1):e8546. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/8546
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Abstract

Caryocar brasiliense (Malpighiales: Caryocaraceae) trees, protected by Brazilian federal laws, are the main income source in many communities. The transformation of the Cerrado (savanna biome) into grazing or agricultural areas has been isolating these trees species in an agro-urban landscape. We studied the effects of environmental diversity on the abundance of galling insect communities inhabiting C. brasiliense trees in three different environments: Cerrado, pasture, and an urban area. Eurytoma sp. (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) adults and their galls, its parasitoid Sycophila sp. (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and the predator Zelus armillatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) were present in larger numbers on the C. brasiliense leaflets in the urban area. The percentages of totally galled leaflets (exhibiting all kinds of galls) and the number of trees were negatively correlated. Greater habitat diversity favored that of galling insect species and their natural enemies.

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Demolin-Leite GL, Dos Santos-Veloso RV, Alvarenga-Soares M, Fernandes GW, Cola-Zanuncio J, Alves-Oliveira N, et al. Does environmental diversity affect hymenopteran galling insects and their natural enemies on Caryocar brasiliense trees (Caryocaraceae)?. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 15 [cited 2026 Oct. 25];46(1):e8546. Available from: https://revistacolombianaentomologia.univalle.edu.co/index.php/SOCOLEN/article/view/8546
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Copyright (c) 2020 Germano Leão Demolin-Leite, Ronnie Von Dos Santos-Veloso, Marcus Alvarenga-Soares, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, José Cola-Zanuncio, Nicole Alves-Oliveira, Valdeir Celestino dos Santos Junior