Species Opisthoscelis convexa Froggatt, 1929
- Opisthoscelis convexa Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375-378 [376].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Most detailed description by Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375–378.
BIOLOGY
Male galls scattered over leaf surfaces. Female galls produced on the base of the leaf stalks or along the slender branchlets (see Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375–378).
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae blunt, thorn like, forming transverse bars in medial areas of abdomen from anterior segments to apex, smaller setae cover remainder of dorsum (see Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375–378.
STRUCTURE
Male galls are small and reddish-brown. The basal portion of female gall is brown, general form is circular. Adult female is reddish-brown, cephalic portion is the darkest. Body is heart shaped (see Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375–378).