Species Opisthoscelis fibularis Froggatt, 1894
- Opisthoscelis fibularis Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335-348 [344].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Detailed description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348.
BIOLOGY
Female gall grows on the upper surface of leaves, often in great numbers. Male galls occur with the female galls (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female with: legs long and slender; abdominal segments covered with many short setae (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).
STRUCTURE
Female gall brown, pyriform. Female is attached to the floor of the gall, pale yellow. The gall base forms a red wart on the underside of the leaf (see Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on the family Brachyscelidae, with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 335–348).