Species Apiomorpha sessilis (Froggatt, 1895)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Brachyscelis sessilis Froggatt, W.W. 1895. Notes on the sub-family Brachyscelinae with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 201-205 [203].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

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

GENERAL

Adult female and female gall illustrated, described, and photographed 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 stems of host (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 not papillose; ventral spine-like setae never in complete row across segment VIII and absent from segment IX; hind legs <1100 µ long; multilocular pores predominantly with other than 7-loculi; antennae 5-segmented (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 cylindrical, apex truncate. Male galls unknown (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