Valid Names Results

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

Brachyscelis regularis Tepper 1893: 273. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Murray Bridge, Lyndoch, on Eucalyptus rostrata. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Adelaide: South Australian Museum, South Australia, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Although a holotype has been mentioned in the literature, it cannot be considered as such since there is no mention of a type in the original description. Several authors including Froggatt (1898a), Houard (1923), Cockerell (1899a), Hoy (1963), and Weidner (1974) erroneously treated A. regularis as a synonym of A. conica (Gullan, 1984). Illustr.
Brachyscelis pedunculata Froggatt 1894a: 76. nomen nudum (discovered by Gullan1984, 120). Notes: Froggatt (1894a) first mentioned A. pedunculata without a description and attributed the name to Olliff who had used it in a manuscript but never published it. Froggatt considered it to be the senior synonym of regularis based on the date of Olliff's manuscript. This of course is erroneous. Fuller (1896a) published Olliff's name pedunculata which is a valid species.
Apiomorpha regularis (Tepper, 1893); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination
Brachyscelis conica; Froggatt 1898a: 493. misidentification (discovered by Gullan1984, 119). Illustr.
Apiomorpha conica; Cockerell 1899a: 393. misidentification (discovered by Gullan1984, 120).

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Eucalyptus decipiens | Gullan1984
Eucalyptus foecunda | Gullan1984
Eucalyptus incrassata | Gullan1984
Eucalyptus oleosa | Gullan1984
Eucalyptus robusta | Gullan1984 | The record of the synonym of E. rostrata by Tepper (1893) is doubtful because the only gall speciment of A. regularis that Tepper labelled as from this host is not a gall of Apiomorpha.
Eucalyptus salmonophloia | Gullan1984
Eucalyptus socialis | Gullan1984

Countries: 1

Gullan1984: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female and female galls of Apiomorpha]

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female is characterized by having: abdominal segment IX with ventral and dorsal lengths subequal, not fused with abdominal segment VIII; abdominal segment IX with posterior margin fused with anal lobes; body not slender; dorsum of head and thorax without spine-like setae; segment IX and anal lobes slender, rarely heavily sclerotized; spine-like setae not restricted to dorsum of last 3 segments; tibiotarsus of middle and hind legs never falciform; anal lobes >1700µ long(Gullan, 1984).
Structure: Female gall is fusiform and often pedunculate, apex small and usually truncate. Male gall tubular, apex dilated (Gullan, 1984).
Biology: Female gall is produced on stems or on the peduncle of an umbel. Male gall is produced on both leave surfaces (Gullan, 1984). Cook & Gullan (2002) provide information on gall and insect development under glasshouse conditions (summarized in table 2, page 262).
General Remarks: The most comprehensive treatment of the species is by Gullan (1984) who described the adult female, female gall, and male gall and included photos.