Valid Names Results

Kermes gibbosus Signoret, 1875 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes gibbifera Signoret 1874a: vii. nomen nudum
• Kermes gibbosus Signoret 1875: 552. Type data: AUSTRIA: Vienna. Syntypes, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: There is no type material of this species in the MNHN (Matile-Ferrero, personal communication, December 2, 1999).
• Coccus gibbosus (Signoret, 1875); Cockerell 1929b: 150. change of combination
• Talla gibbosa (Signoret, 1875); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination
• Kermococcus gibbosus (Signoret, 1875); Borchsenius 1960d: 73. change of combination

Common Names

• humped kermes KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Borchs1960d: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus gibbosus

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female spherical, without body segmentation, dorsum divided by furrows. Body is dark reddish brown in color with a few black spots and is covered with a white wax powder (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• Biology: According to Tzalev (1968), eggs hatch from the beginning of June to the end of June and the species overwinters as a second-instar nymph.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988).

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