Species Apiomorpha longiloba Brimblecombe, 1959
- Apiomorpha longiloba Brimblecombe, A.R. 1959. Studies of the Coccoidea. 9. New species of Apiomorpha from Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 16: 157-162 [160].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
ID Keys
(Gullan, P.J., 1984) [10] (adult female; Adult females and female galls of Apiomorpha)
GENERAL
A comprehensive description was given by Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203 of the adult female, female gall, and a photo of the gall. The species is also described by Brimblecombe, A.R. 1959. Studies of the Coccoidea. 9. New species of Apiomorpha from Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 16: 157–162.
BIOLOGY
Female galls found on twigs (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203).
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female is characterized by having: abdominal segment IX with ventral and dorsal lengths subequal, not fused with abdominal segment VIII; abdominal segment IX with posterior margin fused with anal lobes; body, segment IX, and anal lobes very slender; segment IX shorter than total length of remainder of abdomen; antennae apparently 2-segmented (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203).
STRUCTURE
Female gall solitary, green, four-sided with each corner flanged, apex depressed (see Gullan, P.J. 1984. A revision of the gall-forming coccoid genus Apiomorpha Rübsaamen (Homoptera: Eriococcidae: Apiomorphinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 97: 1–203).