Valid Names Results

Apiomorpha sessilis (Froggatt, 1895) (Eriococcidae: Apiomorpha)

Nomenclatural History

• Brachyscelis sessilis Froggatt 1895: 203. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Wallsend near Newcastle, on rough barked Eucalyptus, by W.W. Froggatt. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gullan1984,69). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Apiomorpha sessilis (Froggatt, 1895); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination

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: 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 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 5-segmented (Gullan, 1984).
• Structure: Female gall cylindrical, apex truncate. Male galls unknown (Gullan, 1984).
• Biology: Female galls are produced on stems of host (Gullan, 1984).
• General Remarks: Adult female and female gall illustrated, described, and photographed by Gullan (1984).

Illustrations

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