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

Nomenclatural History

• Brachyscelis ovicoloides Tepper 1893: 277. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Moonta, Yorke's Peninsula, on Eucalyptus incrassata, by T. Jones. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,53). Type depository: Adelaide: South Australian Museum, South Australia, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Froggatt (1894b) and others (Froggatt (1898a), Lidgett (1899), Houard (1923), Hoy (1963), and Weidner (1974)) considered this species to be a synonym of either Apiomorpha ovicola or A. pileata. This synonymy is incorrect (Gullan 1984). Illustr.
• Apiomorpha pileata ovicoloides (Tepper, 1893); Cockerell 1896b: 76. change in status (level)
• Apiomorpha ovicoloides (Tepper, 1893); Fernald 1903b: 43. change of combination
• Apiomorpha egeria Short 1947: 257. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Rottnest Island, by J.R.T. Short, 12/12/1945. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,54). Type depository: Adelaide: South Australian Museum, South Australia, Australia; junior synonym (discovered by Gullan1984, 50). Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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 papillose; spine-like setae in medial cluster, often with well defined posteromarginal row on dorsum of segments II-VIII; larger dorsal spine-like setae forming mediolongitudinal band on thorax and abdomen; dorsomedial thoracic spine-like setae clustered on or near intersegmental lines (Gullan, 1984). The gall and adult female of A. ovicoloides are very similar to Froggatt’s A. ovicola, but the adult females differ in having the dorsal spine-like setae clustered medially near the intersegmental membranes whereas they are mid-segment in A. ovicola sensu Froggatt (1893). Additionally, A. ovicoloides occurs on mallee eucalypts of the sections Dumaria and Bisectae from Eucalyptus subgen. Symphyomyrtu, whereas A. ovicola sensu Froggatt (1893) occurs on species from different sections of Eucalyptus subgen. Symphyomyrtus.
• Structure: Female gall ovoid, apex rounded to distinctly truncate. Male galls tubular, apex dilated (Gullan, 1984).
• Biology: Female galls are produced mostly on stems, occasionally on the calyx tube of a fruit. Male galls found on leaves, sometimes stems and rarely on the gall of a female (Gullan, 1984).
• General Remarks: Descriptions and illustrations presented by Gullan (1984) including adult female, female and male gall. Detailed descriptions and illustrations given by Short (1947). Male described by Theron (1968).

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