Species Apiomorpha duplex (Schrader, 1863)

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Regional Maps

• Brachyscelis duplex Schrader, H.L. 1863. Observations on certain gall-making Coccidae of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 1-6 [2].

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

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

STRUCTURE

Female gall 4-sided, very large (sometimes up to 20 cm in length), with 2 attenuate, sometimes curled, blade-like appendages. Gall body with ridged corners where sides meet. Male fall 4-sided with ridged corners. Apex with 2 opposite sides elongated to form flattened extensions, sometimes these partially concealing circular apical orifice (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

Adult female, female gall, and male gall described 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 also with illustration of adult female; also described and illustrated by Froggatt, W.W. 1931. A classification of the gall-making coccids of the genus Apiomorpha. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 56: 431–454 and a photo of gall by Froggatt, W.W. 1930. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55: 468–474.

BIOLOGY

Female gall found on stems singly or in colonies with male galls. Male gall found on leaves or the blade-like appendages of the female gall, possibly on stems (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).

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female is characterized by having: abdominal segment IX longer ventrally than dorsally; abdomen curvilinearly tapered to base of anal lobes; spiracles fimbriate trilabiate; anal ring not invaginated; tibiotarsus never falciform (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).

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