Subspecies Apiomorpha munita munita (Schrader, 1863)

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Subspecies Apiomorpha munita munita (Schrader, 1863)

Brachyscelis munita munita Schrader, H.L. 1863. Observations on certain gall-making Coccidae of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 1-6 [2].
Brachyscelis munita foliosa Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [273] [name was proposed provisionally and based solely on gall].
Brachyscelis munita reducta Tepper, J.G.O. 1893. Descriptions of South Australian brachyscelid galls. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17: 265-280 [273] [description based on gall].
Brachyscelis tricornis 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 [361] [considered by Gullan (1984) as a nomen dubium; according to Gullan (1984) "type specimens of Brachyscelis tricornis are unknown. Froggatt probably did not designate types."].
Apiomorpha cornifex Rübsaamen, E.H. 1894. Über australische Zoocecidien und deren Erzeuger. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39: 199-234 [205] [considered by Gullan (1984) as a nomen dubium; types of Rübsaamen in the ZMHB apparently were destroyed during World War II].
Apiomorpha munita munitior Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [445] [description based on gall; considered by Gullan (1984) as a nomen dubium].
Brachyscelis munita elongata Lidgett, J. 1901. Australian gall–Coccidae. Science Gossip, London 8: 77-78 [77] ["No specimens are known from Lidgett" (Gullan, personal communication, April 29, 1998). This name has not been used since its original description in 1901 except for when it was considered as a junior synonym of Apiomorpha munita munita by Gullan (1984). Gullan does not explicitly synonymize Brachyscelis munita elongata Lidgett, but simply treats it as another reference to A. munita munita].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Froggatt, W.W. 1898. The growth of vegetable galls. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 9: 385-391, 488-499 [490] (synonymy of Apiomorpha cornifex Rübsaamen, 1894)
Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1-159 [131] (synonymy of Brachyscelis tricornis Froggatt, 1893)
Hoy, J.M. 1963. A catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 150: 1-260 [39] (synonymy of Brachyscelis munita foliosa Tepper, 1893; synonymy of Brachyscelis munita reducta Tepper, 1893)

Distribution

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Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Gullan, P.J., 1984) [10] (adult female; Adult females and female galls of Apiomorpha)

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female is characterized by having: abdominal segment IX longer ventrally than dorsally; abdomen attenuate not curvilinearly tapered to base of anal lobes; anal ring at least partially concealed by sclerotized shield; spine-like setae absent from segment IX; body 1.4–2.6 times as long as wide. Female galls four-sided, usually with four broad, blade-like appendages. 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.