Species Cystococcus pomiformis (Froggatt, 1893)
- Brachyscelis pomiformis Froggatt, W.W. 1893. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with some account of their parasites, and descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7: 353-378 [367].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Most detailed description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1893. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with some account of their parasites, and descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7: 353–378. This species is distributed in the northern parts of the western and northern territories of the country (Froggatt, 1893).
BIOLOGY
The gall inner wall and enclosed insect are edible (see Froggatt, W.W. 1893. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with some account of their parasites, and descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7: 353–378).
STRUCTURE
Female gall is apple shaped, slightly depressed at the base where attached to the host, swelling out on the sides, greyish brown in color (see Froggatt, W.W. 1893. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with some account of their parasites, and descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7: 353–378). Gall is often very large, sometimes up to 10cm in diameter (Gullan, personal communication, 1998).