Cerciplanus cipo, Garcia & Urso-Guimaraes, 2020

Larval description of Cerciplanus cipo View in CoL

Larva of 3rd instar ( Fig. 3A View Figure 3 ). 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 View Figure 3 ). Terminal segment with four papillae of equal size per side, two setose and two asetose, ventral anus in shaft ( Fig. 3C View Figure 3 ).

Material examined

3 larvae: BRAZIL, Serra do Cipó, Reserva Vellozia (- 19.28089°S, - 43.59013°W), GoogleMaps Morro do Elefante (- 19.28941°S, - 43.53816°W). 30-X-2023 until 1-XI-2023, Urso-Guimarães 2023 leg GoogleMaps ., 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 View Figure 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.