Species Apiomorpha calycina (Tepper, 1893)

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Regional Maps

• Brachyscelis calycina Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [271].
• Brachyscelis neumanni Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [271].
• Brachyscelis umbellata Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [336].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Froggatt, W.W. 1898. The growth of vegetable galls. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 9: 385-391, 488-499 [494] (synonymy of Brachyscelis neumanni Tepper, 1893; synonymy of Brachyscelis umbellata Froggatt, 1894)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Gullan, P.J., 1984) [10] (adult female; Adult females and female galls of Apiomorpha)

BIOLOGY

Female gall occurs usually on stem, but occasionally on bud, calyx tube or peduncle of a fruit, pedicel of umbel of host plant or on the side of another gall. Male gall occurring on stems, both sides of leaves often near midrib and sometimes on the female gall (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203).

STRUCTURE

Female gall obconical to cylindrical, apex truncate. Male gall conical, apex truncated (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203).

GENERAL

A detailed treatment of the adult female, female gall, and male gall in addition to photos of galls are given by Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203.

SYSTEMATICS

The adult female is characterized by having: abdominal segment IX with ventral and dorsal lengths subequal, not fused with abdominal segment VIII; abdominal segment IX with posterior margin fused with anal lobes; body, segment IX, and anal lobes very slender; segment IX shorter than total length of remainder of abdomen; antennae 5-segmented; cephalic apodemes present (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203).

General References

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [40] (Apiomorpha calycina neumani: misspelling of species name)

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