Valid Names Results
Allokermes essigi (King, 1913) (Kermesidae: Allokermes)Nomenclatural History
- Kermes essigi King 1913: 205-206. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Ventura County, Santa Paula, Santa Paula Canyon, 1910, by E.O. Essig. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BullinKo1985,39). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paralectotype in VPIC and USNM. Illustr.
- Kermes nigropunctatus; Ferris 1920b: 27. incorrect synonymy (discovered by BullinKo1985, 39).
- Kermes nigropunctatus; Essig 1926: 276. misidentification (discovered by BullinKo1985, 39).
- Talla nigropunctata; Lindinger 1943a: 148. incorrect synonymy (discovered by BullinKo1985, 39).
- Kermes essigii King, 1913; Hoy 1963: 144. misspelling of species epithet
- Allokermes essigi (King, 1913); Bullington & Kosztarab 1985: 39. change of combination
Common Names
- Essig's kermes BullinKo1985
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | BullinKo1985
- Quercus agrifolia | King1913
- Quercus kelloggii | BullinKo1985
- Quercus palustris | Hoy1963
- Quercus wislizeni | BullinKo1985
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus kermicola | Fulmek1943 | (= Aenasioidea kermicola)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- California | King1913
Keys
- BullinKo1985: pp.29 ( Adult (F) ) [Adult females of Allokermes]
- MacGil1921: pp.197 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes] Key as: Kermes essigi
Remarks
- Systematics: Allokermes essigi can be distinguished from other Allokermes by the lateral row of multilocular disc pores being absent; pre-anal row of multilocular disc pores not extending as far as dorsally as anal lobes; and spinescent 8-shaped pores without teeth and distributed evenly on mid-dorsum (Bullington & Kosztarab, 1985).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Bullington & Kosztarab (1985).
Illustrations
Citations
- BaerKo1985: taxonomy, 157
- Balach1950c: distribution, 344
- BullinKo1985: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 39-42
- Ehrhor1898a: description, distribution, host, 186
- Essig1915a: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 115
- Essig1929: taxonomy, 276
- Ferris1920b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 27
- Ferris1955a: distribution, host, 199
- Fulmek1943: biological control, catalog, distribution, taxonomy, 38
- Gill1993: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 132
- Hartma1916: distribution, host, 93
- Howard1919: biological control, distribution, host, 256
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 144
- King1913: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 205-206
- King1914d: taxonomy, 100, 101
- Lindin1943a: taxonomy, 148
- MacGil1921: taxonomy, 197
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 359
- Ruhl1917b: 50
- Ruhl1917b: taxonomy, 50
- Timber1916: biological control, distribution, host, 584
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 239
