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

Brachyscelis subconica Tepper 1893: 274. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Murray Bridge, on Eucalyptus uncinata. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,125). Type depository: Adelaide: South Australian Museum, South Australia, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Additional type data: This is the information given in the original publication. The specimen selected by Gullan (1984) as the lectotype has 3 labels that give 2 different localities; they are: Queenscliffe, 7.3.1886, Tepper, E. santalifolia; and Goolwa, 28.1.1886, A. Lietz, E. uncinata. Paralectotypes in SAMA. Illustr.
Brachyscelis conica; Froggatt 1894a: 76. misidentification (discovered by Gullan1984, 122).
Apiomorpha conica subconica (Tepper, 1893); Fernald 1903b: 41. change of combination and rank
Apiomorpha conica; Lindinger 1957: 545. misidentification (discovered by Gullan1984, 122).
Apiomorpha subconica (Tepper, 1893); Gullan 1984: 122. change in status (level) Notes: Froggatt (1894a) and (1898a), Lidgett (1899), Houard (1923), Lindinger (1957), Hoy (1963), and Weidner (1974) erroneously considered this species to be a junior synonym of Apiomorpha conica (Gullan, 1984). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

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

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 not slender; dorsum of head and thorax without spine-like setae; segment IX and anal lobes slender, rarely heavily sclerotized; spine-like setae not restricted to dorsum of last 3 segments; tibiotarsus of middle and hind legs never falciform; anal lobes <1400µ long (Gullan, 1984).
Structure: Female gall squat to elongate, fusiform. Male galls tubular, apex rim irregular (Gullan, 1984).
Biology: Female gall is produced on stems and rarely on the calyx tube of fruit. Male gall is usually found on leaves, occasionally on the female gall (Gullan, 1984).
General Remarks: The most comprehensive treatment of this species is by Gullan (1984) who describes the adult female, female gall, and male gall and provides photographs of the galls.