Valid Names Results

Apiomorpha baeuerleni (Froggatt, 1893) (Eriococcidae: Apiomorpha)

Nomenclatural History

• Brachyscelis baeuerleni Froggatt 1893: 369. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Ballina, by Bäuerlen. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,41). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Brachyscelis rugosa Froggatt 1893: 369. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Allalong, near Maitland, on Eucalyptus sp. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,41). Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; junior synonym (discovered by Gullan1984, 39). Illustr.
• Brachyscelis bäuerleni Froggatt, 1893; Froggatt 1893: 372. misspelling of species epithet Illustr.
• Apiomorpha baeuerleni (Froggatt, 1893); Rübsaamen 1894: 208. change of combination Notes: Rübsaamen (1894) misspelled the species epithet as A. bäuerleni.
• Apiomorpha bäuerleni (Froggatt, 1893); Rübsaamen 1894. misspelling of species epithet
• Apiomorpha rugosa (Froggatt, 1893); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination
• Apiomorpha globosa Froggatt 1921: 125. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Murrumbidgee River, on a property called Wooloondool, west of Hay, on red gum Eucalyptus sp. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,41). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; junior synonym (discovered by Gullan1984, 39).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gullan1984: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Adult females and female galls of Apiomorpha]

Remarks

• Systematics: The 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 single row on dorsum of segments II-VIII; multilocular pores on anterior half of abdominal segment IX (Gullan, 1984).
• Structure: Female gall is spheroidal, apex truncate. Male gall is unknown (Gullan, 1984).
• Biology: This species occurs on the stem of the host (Gullan, 1984).
• General Remarks: Description of adult female and female gall provided by Gullan (1984) with photos of the female gall.

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