Brachyscelis beyeriae Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [271] ["The genus Apiomorpha, (formerly Brachyscelis), is known only from Eucalyptus species (family Myrtaceae). The galls of B. beyeriae which Tepper illustrated, do not resemble those of Apiomorpha; they are probably not coccoid galls. This was recognized by Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on a new classification of the Brachyscelidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. Cape Town [1893]: 75–76, who strongly criticized Tepper's reference to brachyscelid galls on Beyeria opaca", 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.
Type Data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Yorke Peninsula, Ardrossan, on Beyeria opaca, by Tepper. Syntypes, other. Type depository: Adelaide: South Australian Museum, South Australia, Australia. Paratypes in ANIC, BPBM and NMVA. Described: female and first instar. Illustrated.
ASSOCIATIONS:
Euphorbiaceae: Beyeria opaca, see Tepper (1893)
DISTRIBUTION:
Australasian Region: Australia (South Australia), see Tepper (1893)
CITATIONS: Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. A check list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 4: 318–339 [328] (change of combination as Apiomorpha beyeriae); Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on a new classification of the Brachyscelidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. Cape Town [1893]: 75–76 [76] (taxonomy); 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 [126-127] (host, taxonomy); Houard, C. 1923. Les Zoocécides des plantes d'Afrique, d'Asie et d'Océanie. Volume 2. Dicotyledones. Paris, France : Hermann 1056 pp. [464] (host); Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2000. A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Scales) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Andover, UK : Intercept Ltd 589 pp. [471] (catalogue, description, distribution, host, taxonomy).].
Compiled from secondary source:
Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on a new classification of the Brachyscelidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa [1893]: 75-76; 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; Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. A check list of the Coccidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 4: 318-339; Froggatt, W.W. 1894. Notes on a new classification of the Brachyscelidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa [1893]: 75-76; 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; Houard, C. 1923. Les Zoocécides des plantes d'Afrique, d'Asie et d'Océanie. Dicotyledones. Paris, France : Hermann Vol. 2 1056 pp; Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2000. A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Felt Scales) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Andover, UK : Intercept Ltd 589 pp.