Species Apiomorpha karschi Rübsaamen, 1894

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Regional Maps

• Apiomorpha karschi Rübsaamen, E.H. 1894. Über australische Zoocecidien und deren Erzeuger. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39: 199-234 [211].
• Brachyscelis fletcheri Fuller, C. 1896. Forest insects. Some gall-making coccids. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 7: 209-218 [215].
• Brachyscelis turbinata Lidgett, J. 1899. A catalogue of Australian Coccidae. The Wombat 4: 37-64 [37].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Weidner, V.H. 1974. Schildlausgallen an Eucalyptusbäumen in Australien. Entomologische Blätter 4: 438-464 [453] (synonymy of Brachyscelis turbinata Lidgett, 1899)
• 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 [72] (synonymy of Brachyscelis fletcheri Fuller, 1896)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

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

GENERAL

Description, illustrations and photographs provided 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.

BIOLOGY

Female galls are produced on the stems of the host plant. Male galls are produced on the adaxial surface of leaves (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 fused with abdominal segment VIII (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 galls consist of a globular, woody, hypertrophic swelling, they can aggregate to form large irregular masses of varying size and shape. Male galls are slender, tubular, apex not dilated (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

Docters van Leeuwen, W.M. 1925. Some Australia Zoocecidia. Marcellia (Rivista Internazionale di Cecidologia) 21: 138-164 [153] (Apiomorpha fletscheri: misspelling of species name)

Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345] (Apiomorpha karischi: misspelling of species name)

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