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Species Apiomorpha pedunculata (Fuller, 1896)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland


Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

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

 

STRUCTURE

Female gall large, fusiform, pedunculate, apex truncate. Male gall 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). Adult female elongate-lanceolate (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp.).

BIOLOGY

Female galls are produced on stems singly or in clusters. Male galls are produced singly on stems, petioles or leaf blades of host plant (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

The most comprehensive treatment is 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 who described the adult female, female gall, male gall and provided photos of the galls.

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted 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 not slender; dorsum of head and thorax without spine-like setae; segment IX and anal lobes slender, rarely heavily sclerotized; spine-like setae not restricted to dorsum of last 3 segments; tibiotarsus of all legs 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).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 COCCOIDEA 30-Aug-2023 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
29-Mar-2018 ERIOCOCCIDAE 04-Apr-2016 MODIFIED Lyn Randall
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)