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Tanyscelis maculata (Froggatt, 1894) (Eriococcidae: Tanyscelis)

Opisthoscelis maculata Froggatt 1894b: 345-346. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Bendigo, on Eucalyptus leucoxylon and E. gracilis, ?/08/189?, by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Syntypic material in ASCT, some of which has been mounted by Gullan (personal communication, June 10, 1996). Illustr.
Opisthoscelis recurva Froggatt 1929: 377. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Warrah Station hills, near Willowtree, on Eucalyptus sp., by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; junior synonym Notes: Two syntypic galls are in ASCT. Two additional syntypic galls of females are in BMNH and a single female was mounted by Gullan in 1985. Type depository information provided by Gullan (personal communication, June 10, 1996). Illustr.
Tanyscelis maculata (Froggatt, 1894); Hardy & Gullan 2010: 43-47. change of combination Notes: Lectotype designated by Hardy & Gullan, 2010, from Victoria, Australia with printed labed: "No. 1787 E / GALL MAKING COCCIDS / Opisthoscelis maculata, Frogtt. / Femals galls on Eucalyptus / Bendigo, Victoria". Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

HardyGu2010: pp.8-10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of species of Opisthoscelis and Tanyscelis]

Systematics: Adult females of T. maculata are very similar to those of T. maskelli. The latter can be distinguished by the much smaller eyes, the distinct marginal fringe of setae, and the longer dorsal setae on the abdomen and along the margin.
Structure: Female galls brown, pyriform. Adult female ochreous-yellow, shining and glassy, almost oval. Male gall reddish-brown to black, tapering toward apex (Froggatt, 1894b). Male galls tubular, tips slightly crenulated. Female galls brown, basal portion forms a circular platform upon the twig, divided from the base of the true gall by a contracted reddish scar. Female is chocolate-brown, dorsal surface shining, flattened, broadly oval. Ventral surface convex, fitting closely into the bottom of the gall chamber (Froggatt, 1929).
Biology: Females on slender twigs and leaf-stalks, sometimes singly and other times close together and in rows. Often growing in such numbers that the leaf is aborted (Froggatt, 1894b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Froggatt (1894b).and Froggatt (1929). Redescription, photograph of galls and illustration in Hardy & Gullan (2010).