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Apiomorpha gongylocarpae Mills, Garland, Semple & Cook, 2016 (Eriococcidae: Apiomorpha)

Nomenclatural History

• Apiomorpha gongylocarpae Mills, Garland, Semple & Cook 2016: 265. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, White Cliffs-Yamarna Road, c. 130 km NE of Laverton, –28.2074°, 123.6194°, 9/8/2012, by L. G. Cook,. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Perth: Spider and Insect Collection, Western Australian Museum, Western Australia, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. Two slides of first-instar nymphs and six slides with 1 female per slide. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillsSeGa2016: pp.265 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to eudesmid-feeding species of Apiomorpha based on host]
• MillsSeGa2016: pp.265 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to eudesmid-feeding species of Apiomorpha]
• MillsSeGa2016: pp.265 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to eudesmid-feeding species of Apiomorpha based on gall]

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult females of A. gongylocarpae, can be differentiated from those of other species of Apiomorpha by the following combination of character states: tarsus of each leg usually distinctly narrower than tibia; AVIII longer ventrally than dorsally; abdomen distinctly curvilinearly tapered to anal lobes; spine-like setae in a medial row completely encircling AVII; 1–8 spine-like setae ventrally on AVIII in an arc anterior to the anal ring; anal ring not concealed by a sclerotised shield; spiracles of synlabiate type; anal lobes short (270–330 mm), parallel and doubly bifurcate with 1 or 2 short spine-like processes on each terminus; no trichoid setae on apical half of anal lobes. Spine-like setae present dorsally III–AVII but absent from H–TII; spine-like setae on posterior abdominal segments long and narrow. The galls can be differentiated from those of other species of Apiomorpha by being woody, urn-shaped and occurring on E. gongylocarpa. (Mills, et al., 2016)
• Structure: Galls of mature females urn-shaped, living gall light green, surface relatively smooth. Gall 17.8–32.5mm long, maximum width 11.2–19.5 mm, sessile or sometimes dependent, 4.4–5.3mm in diameter at attachment site. Gall chamber cross-section ellipsoid or ovoid, apical end acuminate, 12.0–19.0mm long, 5.6–7.7mm wide (cross section). Apical end truncate with jagged flange, 8.7–15mm diameter. Apical orifice of chamber circular, 0.4–0.7mmin diameter, 1.1–6.5mm below flange. Gall wall 1.0–8.1mmthick, thinnest near apex and thickest near base. Galls of immature females narrow ovoid with small peak at apex. No galls of males have been collected or reported.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations of adult female and galls in Mills, et al., 2016.

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