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Tanyscelis megagibba Hardy & Gullan, 2010 (Eriococcidae: Tanyscelis)

Tanyscelis megagibba Hardy & Gullan 2010: 50-52. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Aldinga Beach, on Eucalptus microcarpa, 10/2/1965, by H.M. Brookes. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: The original labels on the slides from two of the three collections of T. megagibba made by HMB have the host as E. odorata. However, her sebsequent notes specify that this was a misidentification and the collections were made from E. microcarpa. 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. megagibba are most similar to those of T. villasigivva. The dorsal surface of both species is dominated by a series of large humps. These are most spectacular in mature females of T. megagibba, but lack the dense covering of setae, each born on a raised fleshy base, that is characteristic of the adult females of T. villosigibba. Adult females of T. villosigibba are also distinctive in having highly convex eyes, with the base of each eye parallel-sided and perpendicular to the body surface, whereas in T. megagibba the base of the eye is not parallel-sided. (Hardy & Gullan, 2010)
Structure: Female gall on stem, a rounded swelling; gall opeing slit-like; base of gall broad, gall surface striated, distal part a narrow truncate cone bearing oriface. Male gall on stem; similar to gall of female but without apical cone; gall opening irregularly shaped. (Hardy & Gullan, 2010)
General Remarks: Detailed description, photograph of galls and illustration in Hardy & Gullan, 2010.

HardyGu2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 50-52