Valid Names Results
Apiomorpha longiloba Brimblecombe, 1959 (Eriococcidae: Apiomorpha)Nomenclatural History
- Apiomorpha longiloba Brimblecombe 1959a: 160. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Barakula, on E. crebra, 10/08/1939. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Fortitude Valley:Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Myrtaceae
- Eucalyptus crebra | Gullan1984
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Queensland | Gullan1984
Keys
- Gullan1984: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Adult females and female galls of Apiomorpha]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted 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 apparently 2-segmented (Gullan, 1984).
- Structure: Female gall solitary, green, four-sided with each corner flanged, apex depressed (Gullan, 1984).
- Biology: Female galls found on twigs (Gullan, 1984).
- General Remarks: A comprehensive description was given by Gullan (1984) of the adult female, female gall, and a photo of the gall. The species is also described by Brimblecombe (1959a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Brimbl1959a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 160-161
- Brimbl1959c: taxonomy, 397-398
- Cook2000: distribution, physiology, 258
- GiraldWiDo2024: behavior, distribution, host, Dataset S4
- Gullan1983: structure, 28
- Gullan1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 88
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 38
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 95
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 40