Valid Names Results

Apiomorpha calycina (Tepper, 1893) (Eriococcidae: Apiomorpha)

Nomenclatural History

• Brachyscelis calycina Tepper 1893: 271. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia at Murray Ridge, Goolwa and Kangaroo Island. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,91). Type depository: Adelaide: South Australian Museum, South Australia, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Brachyscelis neumanni Tepper 1893: 271. Type data: Australia: South Australia, Murray Bridge, on E. dumosa. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,92). junior synonym (discovered by Frogga1898a, 494). Notes: Gullan, (1984) points out that there is some question about the status of the lectotype and paralectotype series since they are from Goolwa not Murray Bridge. Illustr.
• Brachyscelis umbellata Froggatt 1894b: 336. Type data: Australia: New South Wales, Cobar, on E. dumosa. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,92). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; junior synonym (discovered by Gullan1984, 89).
• Apiomorpha calycina (Tepper, 1893); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination
• Apiomorpha neumanni (Tepper, 1893); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination
• Apiomorpha umbellata (Froggatt, 1894); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination
• Apiomorpha calycina neumani (Tepper, 1893); Fernald 1903b: 40. misspelling of species epithet Notes: This is a change of level from species to subspecies of A. neumanni(Fernald, 1903b).

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 with ventral and dorsal lengths subequal, not fused with abdominal segment VIII; abdominal segment IX with posterior margin fused with anal lobes; body, segment IX, and anal lobes very slender; segment IX shorter than total length of remainder of abdomen; antennae 5-segmented; cephalic apodemes present (Gullan, 1984).
• Structure: Female gall obconical to cylindrical, apex truncate. Male gall conical, apex truncated (Gullan, 1984).
• Biology: Female gall occurs usually on stem, but occasionally on bud, calyx tube or peduncle of a fruit, pedicel of umbel of host plant or on the side of another gall. Male gall occurring on stems, both sides of leaves often near midrib and sometimes on the female gall (Gullan, 1984).
• General Remarks: A detailed treatment of the adult female, female gall, and male gall in addition to photos of galls are given by Gullan (1984).

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