Valid Names Results

Kermes corticalis Nasonov, 1908 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes variegatus corticalis Nasonov 1908: 490-492. Type data: UKRAINE: Kiev, Cherkassy, on Quercus sp., 5/6/1907, by E. Miriam. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1998b,306). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Kermococcus corticalis (Nasonov, 1908); Borchsenius 1949d: 152. change in status (level)
• Kermes roboris; Balachowsky 1950d: 5. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Borchs1950, 130).
• Talla roboris; Lindinger 1957: 549. incorrect synonymy (discovered by KozarDr1998h, 407).
• Kermes corticalis Nasonov, 1908; Kosztarab & Kozár 1988: 87. change of combination

Common Names

• southern kermes KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozarz1992: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) []
• Danzig1971d: pp.824 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of family Kermococcidae] Key as: Kermococcus corticalis
• Danzig1964: pp.635 ( Adult (F) ) [Kermococcus species in SSSR] Key as: Kermococcus corticalis
• Borchs1960d: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus corticalis

Remarks

• Systematics: Kozár & Ostafichuk (1987) state this species has been collected from "Moldavia (USSR)." It is not clear whether they mean the country currently known as Moldova, or the region Moldavia which runs along the Romania-Moldova boarder.
• Structure: Adult female irregular, somewhat horseshoe-shaped, derm smooth, shiny and brown with black irregular bands (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• General Remarks: Detailed description of biology by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988).

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