Valid Names Results

Olliffiella cristicola Cockerell, 1896 (Kermesidae: Olliffiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Olliffiella cristicola Cockerell 1896l: 299. Type data: UNITED STATES: New Mexico, Pinos Altos, on Quercus "wrightii", 03/08/1896. 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: Williams (1985a) states that there are two slides of the type lot in the BMNH. There is one slide labeled "lectotype" in USNM, but since no published designation of a lectotype can be found the type lot must be considered syntypic.

Common Names

• gall kermes BullinKo1985

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BaerKo1985: pp.140 ( First instar ) [First instars of Holarctic Kermesidae]

Remarks

• Structure: "Insect is orange, broad oval, somewhat more pointed posteriorly, and with a fringe of short stiff hairs around the whole margin (Howard, 1897). First instar larva ovate, tapered at posterior end with eight distinct abdominal and three cephalic segments (Sternlicht, 1974).
• Biology: Kosztarab (1982a) details the relationship between Ollifiella cristicola and Torvothrips kosztarabi which inhabits its galls. Howard (1897) states that a lepidopteroid larva also inhabits the galls and preys on the coccid.
• General Remarks: Bullington & Kosztarab (1985) state that this is the only North American Kermesidae to form a gall. Detailed description and illustration of larva by Sternlicht (1974). Baer & Kosztarab (1985) describe and illustrate the first instar.

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