Species Apiomorpha strombylosa (Tepper, 1893)

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Regional Maps

• Brachyscelis strombylosa Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [277].
• Brachyscelis crispa Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on a new classification of the Brachyscelidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa [1893]: 75-76 [76] [nom. nud., 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 (58)].

  Secondary source:

   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.
• Brachyscelis crispa Fuller, C. 1896. Plant-galls formed by insects. Notes on some passive means of defence. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 7: 695-699 [697].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Froggatt, W.W. 1898. The growth of vegetable galls. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 9: 385-391, 488-499 [492] (synonymy of Brachyscelis crispa Fuller, 1896)

Distribution

States

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

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

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

GENERAL

Described, illustrated 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 gall is produced on stems of host. Male gall is produced on both leaf surfaces, petioles and 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 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 >1200 µ long; 9-locular pores not predominant on body; venter sometimes with spine-like setae on posterolateral margin of 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 gall subspheroidal surface covered with irregular protuberances or conical projections, apex often distinctly truncate, sometimes depressed. Male galls tubular, apex dilated. There is a western and eastern form (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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