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

Nomenclatural History

• Apiomorpha jucundacrispi Mills, Semple, Garland & Cook, 2016: 269-271. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Valentine Road, c. 5.3 km NW of North Eradu, –28.4903° 115.106°, on Eucalyptus jucunda, 29/22/2010, by L. G. Cook,. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Perth: Western Australia Department of Agriculture Insect Collection, Western Australia, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: DNA sequence data: partial 18S SSU rDNA (GenBank accession: KU233630), partial COI (GenBank accession: KU233579) and partial Dyn (GenBank accession: KU233650). Paratypes. Two females and four slides of first-instar nymphs 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: Apiomorpha jucundacrispi can be easily distinguished from other species of Apiomorpha by the host on which it occurs (E. jucunda) and by the galls of adult females and males. The galls of adult females are ellipsoidal, rough in texture with protrusions of varying sizes up to 6mm on younger galls, or papillose or knobbly on older galls. The apical orifice of the gall chamber is 4.8–8.6mm below the apex of the gall. The galls of males have small spiky bract-like protuberances. Adult females of A. jucundacrispi can be differentiated from other species of Apiomorpha by having spiracles of a synlabiate-reticulate intermediate type, and having short, robust anal lobes (up to 192 mm) that are set far apart, are broadly blunt-ended, do not diverge apically and each terminate in 6–8 short spine-like processes. They also differ from other eudesmid-feeding species of Apiomorpha by the following character states: not possessing any spine-like setae on AII (1–19 on other species); having few (6–9) spine-like setae on AIV (15–40 on other species); and having more spine-like setae on the venter of AVIII (~42–48 versus 1–28 in other species). (Mills, et al., 2016)
• Structure: Gall ellipsoidal, woody, rough in texture with knobbly protrusions of varying sizes (up to 6 mm). In younger galls the protrusions have the appearance of moss or lichen growing on the gall, even being shades of grey and green, but are woody to the touch. The intricate protrusions become weathered as the gall ages such that the surface takes on a papillose or knobbly appearance. Gall with two chambers, inner chamber separated from outer chamber by platform up to 3mm thick with central orifice 0.6–1.0mm in diameter, 4.8–8.6mm below apex of gall. Female resides in inner chamber. Male gall 6–9mm long, 2.7–4.4mm in diameter; inner gall chamber tubular, outer surface covered in spiky bract-like protuberances,. Gall erect; on leaves of the host plant. Apical opening 0.7–2.2mm in diameter. (Mills, et al., 2016)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations of adult females and galls of both males and females in Mills, et al., 2016

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