Species Apiomorpha ovicoloides (Tepper, 1893)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Brachyscelis ovicoloides Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [277].
• Apiomorpha egeria Short, J.R.T. 1947. Description and life history of a new western Australian coccid. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 257-269 [257].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [50] (synonymy of Apiomorpha egeria Short, 1947)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

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

GENERAL

Descriptions and illustrations presented 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 including adult female, female and male gall. Detailed descriptions and illustrations given by Short, J.R.T. 1947. Description and life history of a new western Australian coccid. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 257–269. Male described by Theron, J.G. 1968. Studies on the morphology and relationships of male Apiomorpha and Opisthoscelis (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 87–99.

BIOLOGY

Female galls are produced mostly on stems, occasionally on the calyx tube of a fruit. Male galls found on leaves, sometimes stems and rarely on the gall of a female (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 attenuate not curvilinearly tapered to base of anal lobes; anal ring not concealed by sclerotized shield; anal lobes papillose; spine-like setae in medial cluster, often with well defined posteromarginal row on dorsum of segments II–VIII; larger dorsal spine-like setae forming mediolongitudinal band on thorax and abdomen; dorsomedial thoracic spine-like setae clustered on or near intersegmental lines (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 ovoid, apex rounded to distinctly truncate. Male galls tubular, apex 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

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 (Froggatt (1894b) and others (Froggatt (1898a), Lidgett (1899), Houard (1923), Hoy (1963), and Weidner (1974)) considered this species to be a synonym of either Apiomorpha ovicola or A. pileata; this synonymy is incorrect)

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