Valid Names Results
Kermes formosanus Takahashi, 1929 (Kermesidae: Kermes)Nomenclatural History
- Kermes formosanus Takahashi 1929: 49-50. Type data: TAIWAN: Tattaka, on Quercus sp., 19/05/1924, by R. Takahashi. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: It is likely that type material, if it exists, is in the IMZT.
- Talla formosana (Takahashi, 1929); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | Takaha1929
- Meliaceae
- Dysoxylum | Hua2000
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Taiwan | Takaha1929
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female yellowish brown or dark yellowish brown, with many mostly circular black markings scattered over the whole surface except on the basal side attached to the host; these markings large, some on the upper portion united, but very small, well separated from each other near the base. Body almost globular, smooth on surface, without wax or setae, 7-8 mm long (Takahashi, 1929).
- Biology: Kermes formosanus was collected at an altitude of more than 7000 feet (Takahashi, 1929).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi (1929).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1970a: catalog, distribution, host, 79
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 144
- Hua2000: distribution, host, 138
- Kuwana1931c: taxonomy, 49, 50
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 143
- ShiLi1991: host, 162
- Su1982: distribution, host, 62
- Takaha1929: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 24, 28, 49-50
- Takaha1936d: taxonomy, 2
- Tang2001: taxonomy, 3
- Tao1978: distribution, host, taxonomy, 108
- Tao1999: distribution, 36
- Teodor1933: distribution, host, 70
- Yang1982: taxonomy, 116
