Valid Names Results

Apiomorpha annulata Froggatt, 1930 (Eriococcidae: Apiomorpha)

Nomenclatural History

• Apiomorpha annulata Froggatt 1930: 469-470. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, no other locality, on Eucalyptus sp. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,71). Type depository: Fortitude Valley:Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.

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 not papillose; ventral spine-like setae never in complete row across segment VIII and absent from segment IX; hind legs <1100µ long; multilocular pores predominantly with other than 7-loculi; antennae 4-segmented (Gullan, 1984).
• Structure: Female gall cylindrical to ovoid, apex truncate. Male gall is tubular with apex dilated (Gullan, 1984).
• Biology: Female galls are found on stems of host plant while galls of the male occur on the leaf near the midrib (Gullan, 1984).
• General Remarks: Gullan (1984) photographed male and female galls and described the adult female.

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