Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [36]

Generic Combinations

• Tanyscelis convexa (Froggatt, 1929). —
  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [36]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

General

Male galls scattered over leaf surfaces. Female galls produced on the base of the leaf stalks or along the slender branchlets (see Froggatt (1929)

Structure

Male galls are small and reddish-brown. The basal portion of female gall is brown, general form is circular. Adult female is reddish-brown, cephalic portion is the darkest. Body is heart shaped (see Froggatt 1929)

Systematics

Lindinger (1943) recognized that Opisthoscelis globosa Froggatt, 1929 was a junior primary homonym of Opisthoscelis globosa Rübsaamen, 1894 and proposed the replacement name Opisthoscelis rubsaameni . Hoy (1963) erroneously attributed O. rubsaameni to Froggatt, 1929 and also treated O. rubsaameni as a synonym of O. globosa Rübsaamen.

History of changes

• Tanyscelis grallator Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [40].
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  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC LGC00666 1 adult ♀, 29 km N of Normanton, QLD [-17.47°, 141.18°].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Opisthoscelis maculata Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [345].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ASCU ASCT00004880 1 adult ♀, Bendigo, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) ASCU 1 adult ♀, same as the lectotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [45].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus leucoxylon [MYRTACEAE]
• Opisthoscelis recurva Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375-378 [377].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC, Warrah, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ASCU ASCT00004859 & ASCT00004860 1 adult ♀ and 2 dry galls of ,f> on base of leaves (female ex one of these galls slide-mounted), Warrah near Willow Tree, northeastern NSW; BMNH 1 adult ♀ and 2 slides of first-instar nymphs ex dry gall on leaf, plus other associated dry galls, Warrah, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [45].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [43]

Generic Combinations

• Tanyscelis maculata (Froggatt, 1894).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Most detailed description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348.

STRUCTURE

Female galls brown, pyriform. Adult female ochreous-yellow, shining and glassy, almost oval. Male gall reddish-brown to black, tapering toward apex (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).

BIOLOGY

Females on slender twigs and leaf-stalks, sometimes singly and other times close together and in rows. Often growing in such numbers that the leaf is aborted (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).

History of changes

• Opisthoscelis maskelli Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [340].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ASCU ASCT00004851 1 adult ♀, Flemington, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ASCU 1 adult ♀, same as the lectotype; BMNH BM 1945.121 1 adult ♀; BMNH 2 adult ♀, Sydney, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [49].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus siderophloia [MYRTACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Tanyscelis maskelli (Froggatt, 1894). —
  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [47]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration of male and female galls, first-instar nymphs and adults by Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348.

STRUCTURE

Female gall is dull green to brown, has a pyriform brown cap. Immature galls much more elongate, flask-shaped, variable. First-instar females pale pink to salmon in color, filling up the cavity in mature galls at the apical opening. Eyes black, body elongate-oval. First-stage female yellow, flat on upper side, elongate, rounded at the top. Second-stage female bluish gray, covered with whitish dust on the back. Male galls are reddish-brown, broad at base and tapering towards the tip. Adult male is reddish-pink, dorsal eyes large, black and globular (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).

History of changes

• Tanyscelis megagibba Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [50].
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  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 44/65 1 adult ♀, Aldinga Beach, SA.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus microcarpa [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

History of changes

• Tanyscelis mollicornuta Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [52].
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  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1 adult ♀, 3 km WSW of Millmerran, Turallin Rd, QLD [-27.88°, 151.24°].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus populnea [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Opisthoscelis pisiformis Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [343].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ASCU ASCT00004858 1 adult ♀, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) ASCU 2 adult ♀, ca 400 first-instar nymphs & embryos [10 slides], same as the lectotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [58].

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus melliodora [MYRTACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Tanyscelis pisiformis (Froggatt, 1894). —
  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [54]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration of adults, galls and first-instar nymphs by Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348.

STRUCTURE

Female galls green, tinged with reddish-brown, soft globular excrescences covering the leaves, basal orifice on the underside of the leaf, keyhole in shape. First-stage female pale yellow, almost a regular oval, looking very much like a small seed. Second stage salmon-pink in color, oval. Male galls conical, brown, truncate apex, with an irregular oval aperture. Immature males in these cells pale red, swathed in thick white felty sacs (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).

History of changes

• Opisthoscelis spinosa Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [341].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ASCT 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney and Flemington.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus siderophloia [MYRTACEAE]
• Opisthoscelis fibularis Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [344].

Generic Combinations

• Tanyscelis spinosa (Froggatt, 1894). —
  Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [59]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348.

STRUCTURE

Female gall brown, broad and rotund at the base, coming to a sharp thorn-like tip. Chamber walls are thin. First-stage female bright yellow, smooth, shining, elongate. Second stage reddish-yellow, covered on the upper side with curly white hairs. Mature female fixed on the underside to the base of the gall. Male gall is green, rounded excrescences irregularly wrinkled on the summit. Adult male is salmon-pink (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).

History of changes

• Tanyscelis tripocula Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [62].
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  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Macclesfield, Kirkpatrick's Road, ca 300 m W of Short Road.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus cephalocarpa [MYRTACEAE]

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

History of changes

• Opisthoscelis verrucula Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [338].

  Type data:

   Holotype Napolean Reef, Bathurst, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]
• Opisthoscelis mammularis Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [344].

  Type data:

   Holotype Bendigo, Victoria.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE]
• Opisthoscelis mammularis Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [344].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [65]

Generic Combinations

• Tanyscelis verrucula (Froggatt, 1894).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, SA, Tas, Vic: Burt Plain (BRT), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Detailed description of male and female galls, first instars and adults by Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348.

STRUCTURE

Female galls rounded green pea-shaped excrescences, slightly corrugated on the sides. First-stage female flattish, elongate-oval, tapering towards the tip of abdomen, pale salmon pink. Second-stage female brownish-yellow. Adult female bright red, upper side flat, circular, slightly concave covered with white down. Male galls produced upon the leaf in wart-like excrescences, tip is truncate, tinted with pale pink at tips and covered with a whitish bloom. Adult male pale red with white opaline wings, enveloped in sac before emergence (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).

History of changes

• Tanyscelis villosigibba Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2010. Australian gall-inducing scale insects on Eucalyptus: revision of Opisthoscelis Schrader (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) and descriptions of a new genus and nine new species. ZooKeys 58: 1–74 [69].
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  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 1 adult ♀, Intersection of Boomerang Road and Beenleigh-Beaudesert Road, QLD [-27.78°, 153.19°].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes