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Kermes ceriferus Ehrhorn, 1899 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes ceriferus Ehrhorn 1899: 5-6. Type data: UNITED STATES: Arizona, Flagstaff, Walnut Creek Canyon, on Quercus sp. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: USNM has two slides of type material which includes one immature.
• Coccus ehrhorni Cockerell 1929b: 150. replacement name that is unjustified Replacement name for Coccus ceriferus Anderson 1791 Notes: Cockerell (1929b) synonymized the genus Kermes with Coccus. This created secondary homonyms of Coccus ceriferus Anderson 1791 and Kermes ceriferus Ehrhorn 1899. Cockerell proposed the replacement name C. ehrhorni for the junior homonym. According to the ICZN "A junior secondary homonym replaced before 1961 is permanently invalid unless the substitute name is not in use and the relevant taxa are no longer considered congeneric." Since subsequent workers did not agree with the synonymy of the two genera and the two species are not congeneric and because the replacement name K. ehrhorni was used only once (Balachowsky, 1950c) we hereby uphold the use of Kermes ceriferus as the valid name.
• Talla cerifera (Ehrhorn, 1899); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination Notes: Morrison & Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden with Kermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes ceriferus.
• Kermes ehrhorni (Cockerell, 1929); Balachowsky 1950c: 344. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.196 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
• Cocker1900c: pp.44 ( Adult (F) ) [North American Kermes]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female is globular, brown in color dotted with black spots. The scale is completely covered with dirty white wax. The larva is twice as long as broad, reddish in color, but turning yellow when dead (Ehrhorn, 1899).
• General Remarks: Detailed description Ehrhorn (1899).

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