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Apiomorpha variabilis (Froggatt, 1893) (Eriococcidae: Apiomorpha)

Brachyscelis variabilis Froggatt 1893: 364. Type data: AUSTRALIA: several locations given: New South Wales: Thornleigh, on Eucalyptus piperita, by W.W. Froggatt; Newcastle, on Eucalyptus sp., by R. Thornton; Cambewarra, on Eucalyptus sp., by W. Bäuerlen; Lismore, on Eucalyptus sp., by R. Thornton. Unknown type status, female, accepted valid name Notes: "It appears that Froggatt did not designate any type specimens for A. variabilis, and several localities were cited in the original descriptions. No specimens that date from the original description have been located. Three slide-mounted adult females, that are housed in the Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra, bear Froggatt's handwriting. They were referred to by Froggatt (1931) but were not mentioned in the original description of the species. These galls were apparently collected after 1893 (Gullan, 1984)." Illustr.
Apiomorpha variabilis (Froggatt, 1893); Cockerell 1896b: 328. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

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

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 >1200µ long; 9-locular pores not predominant on body; venter without spine-like setae (Gullan, 1984).
Structure: Female gall large and pyriform, woody, truncate to rounded apex, structurally complex. Male gall is unknown (Gullan, 1984).
Biology: Female gall is produced on stems of host plant (Gullan, 1984).
General Remarks: Detailed description and photograph of female galls and description and illustration of adult female by Gullan (1984).

Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 328
Cook2000: distribution, physiology, 258, 259, 260
CookGu2002: life history, 61
CookGu2002: life history, 261
Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 46
Frogga1893: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 364
Frogga1894c: taxonomy, 112
Frogga1898: taxonomy, 374
Frogga1898a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 492
Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 145
Frogga1931: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 432, 435, 439, 450
GiraldWiDo2024: behavior, distribution, host, Dataset S4
Gullan1983: structure, 28
Gullan1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 62
Houard1923: illustration, taxonomy, 609, 611
Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 45
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 95
LeBretVa1993: distribution, host, 29
LeBretVa1994: host,
Lidget1899: distribution, host, taxonomy, 62
MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 63-64
MillsCo2010: physiology, 85
MillsCo2014: chromosomes, cytogenetics, evolution, 126-135
MillsMaRi2011: molecular data, structure, taxonomy, 56
MillsSeGa2016: distribution, genetics, host, 260
Pierce1917: distribution, economic importance, host, 99
SanaeiAlYe2022: Wolbachia, 6
Tepper1893: distribution, host, 272
Weidne1974: taxonomy, 453
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 238