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

Tanyscelis villosigibba Hardy & Gullan 2010: 69-71. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, intersectionof Boomerang Road and Beenleigh-Beaudesert Road, ex gall on Eucalyptus sp. sapling, 5/2/1993, by P.J. Gullan. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name 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. villosigibba are most similar to thos of T. megagibba. 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) Specimens of T. villosigibba from the type locality, just south of Brisbane, lack macrotubular ducts entirely, whereas specimens from the other two localities, the closest of which is about 200 km to the west in Dunmore State Forest, have 1 or a few macrotubular ducts restricted to the dorsal surface of the abdominal segments III-VI. (Hardy & Gullan, 2010)
Structure: Female gall on stem, globose with truncate apex, and rugose surfact. Mature female almost completely fills gall cavity, positioned with three sclerotic dorsal humps positioned just below gall orifice. (Hardy & Gullan, 2010)
General Remarks: Detailed description, photograph of galls and illustration in Hardy & Gullan, 2010.

HardyGu2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 69-71