Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Brachyscelis variabilis Froggatt 1893: 364. Type data: AUSTRALIA: several locations given: New South Wales: Thornleigh, on Eucalyptus piperita, by W.W. Froggatt; Newcastle, on Eucalyptus sp., by R. Thornton; Cambewarra, on Eucalyptus sp., by W. Bäuerlen; Lismore, on Eucalyptus sp., by R. Thornton. Unknown type status, female, accepted valid name Notes: "It appears that Froggatt did not designate any type specimens for A. variabilis, and several localities were cited in the original descriptions. No specimens that date from the original description have been located. Three slide-mounted adult females, that are housed in the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, bear Froggatt's handwriting. They were referred to by Froggatt (1931) but were not mentioned in the original description of the species. These galls were apparently collected after 1893 (Gullan, 1984)." Illustr.
• Apiomorpha variabilis (Froggatt, 1893); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

• Australia
• New South Wales | Gullan1984 LeBretVa1993
• 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 longer ventrally than dorsally; abdomen attenuate not curvilinearly tapered to base of anal lobes; anal ring not concealed by sclerotized shield; anal lobes not papillose; ventral spine-like setae never in complete row across segment VIII and absent from segment IX; hind legs >1200µ long; 9-locular pores not predominant on body; venter without spine-like setae (Gullan, 1984).
• Structure: Female gall large and pyriform, woody, truncate to rounded apex, structurally complex. Male gall is unknown (Gullan, 1984).
• Biology: Female gall is produced on stems of host plant (Gullan, 1984).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and photograph of female galls and description and illustration of adult female by Gullan (1984).

Illustrations

Citations

• Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 328
• Cook2000: distribution, physiology, 258, 259, 260
• CookGu2002: life history, 61
• CookGu2002: life history, 261
• Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 46
• Frogga1893: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 364
• Frogga1894c: taxonomy, 112
• Frogga1898: taxonomy, 374
• Frogga1898a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 492
• Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 145
• Frogga1931: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 432, 435, 439, 450
• Gullan1983: structure, 28
• Gullan1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 62
• Houard1923: illustration, taxonomy, 609, 611
• Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 45
• Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 95
• LeBretVa1993: distribution, host, 29
• LeBretVa1994: host,
• Lidget1899: distribution, host, taxonomy, 62
• MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 63-64
• MillsCo2010: physiology, 85
• MillsCo2014: chromosomes, cytogenetics, evolution, 126-135
• MillsMaRi2011: molecular data, structure, taxonomy, 56
• MillsSeGa2016: distribution, genetics, host, 260
• Pierce1917: distribution, economic importance, host, 99
• SanaeiAlYe2022: Wolbachia, 6
• Tepper1893: distribution, host, 272
• Weidne1974: taxonomy, 453
• Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 238