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Kermes pettiti Ehrhorn, 1899 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes pettiti Ehrhorn 1899: 7. Type data: UNITED STATES: New York, Ithaca, on Quercus sp., by R.H. Pettit. Syntypes, female, 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.
• Talla pettiti (Ehrhorn, 1899); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination Notes: Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden with Kermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes pettiti.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.198 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
• Sander1904a: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Ohio Kermes]
• Cocker1900c: pp.45 ( Adult (F) ) [North American Kermes]

Remarks

• Systematics: Bullington & Kosztarab (1985) state that "one would suspect that this species is a synonym of Allokermes kingi."
• Structure: Female scale dark purplish brown, some individuals are paler in color and marbled with brown. A distinct longitudinal groove on the meson indicated by a dark line. Segmentation not distinct, indicated by rows of black spots. Ventral surface where it touches the bark, flattened and more or less covered with a yellow secretion. Beak prominent. When removed from host, scale leaves a whitish powder. When boiled in KOH derm is colorless except for numerous brown spots with black centers scattered over the dorsum (Ehrhorn, 1899).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Ehrhorn (1899) and illustration by Sanders (1904a).

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