Valid Names Results

Kermes sylvestris (Cockerell & King, 1898) (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Sphaerococcus sylvestris Cockerell & King 1898: 326. Type data: UNITED STATES: Massachusetts, Methuen, on Quercus alba, 15/06/1895, by G.B. King. 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: Although there is a specimen in the USNM labeled as "lectotype", no such designation has been published so all material must be considered syntypic.
• Kermes andrei King 1900: 22. Type data: UNITED STATES: Massachusetts, Lawrence, on Quercus alba and Q. rubra, 09/09/1899. Syntypes, female, Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by BullinKo1985, 80). Notes: The USNM material is labeled "type" and is not mounted. Illustr.
• Talla andrei (King, 1900); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination
• Kermes sylvestris (Cockerell & King, 1898); Bullington & Kosztarab 1985: 80. change of combination Illustr.

Common Names

• forest kermes BullinKo1985

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BullinKo1985: pp.71 ( Adult (F) ) [Nearctic species of Kermes]
• Hollin1923: pp.43 ( ) [Kermes species of Missouri] Key as: Kermes andrei
• MacGil1921: pp.196 ( ) [Species of Kermes] Key as: Kermes andrei
• Sander1904a: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Ohio Kermes] Key as: Kermes andrei
• Cocker1900c: pp.44 ( ) [North American Kermes] Key as: Kermes andrei

Remarks

• Systematics: This species may contain a complex of one or more undescribed species or subspecies (Bullington & Kosztarab, 1985).
• Structure: Adult female is pyriform in shape, very convex and light brown in color (King, 1900).
• Biology: Bullington & Kosztarab (1985) state that this species completes its life cycle rapidly. Kosztarab (1996) states this species has one generation per year.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Bullington & Kosztarab (1985).

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