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

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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