title: Checklist of host plants of insect galls in the state of Goiás in the Midwest Region of Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surveys of host plants of insect galls have been performed in different regions of Brazil. The knowledge of species of host plants of insect galls is fundamental to further studies of plant-galling insect interactions. However, a list of host plant species of gall-inducing insects has not yet been compiled for the flora of the Midwest Region of Brazil.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We provide a compilation of the plant species reported to host insect galls in the Cerrado of the state of Goiás in the Midwest Region of Brazil. Altogether we found records for 181 species of 47 families of host plants, which hosted 365 distinct gall morphotypes.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Walter Santos
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.affiliation: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brasília, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eder Dasdoriano
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Porfírio Júnior
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bárbara Araújo
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Taiza Moura
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elienai Cândida E
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Jataí, Brazil.
authors.forename: Frederico Augusto Guimarães
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Guilherme
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Araguaína, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scareli-Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Benedito Baptista
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
keywords: Cerrado; Goiás; Neotropical savannas; galls; host plants; plant-insect interactions