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Olliffiella secunda Ferris, 1955 (Kermesidae: Olliffiella)

Olliffiella secunda Ferris 1955b: 23, 27. Type data: MEXICO: Guerrero, La Providencia, 30 miles east of Acapulco, on Quercus sp., 15/03/1926, by G.F. Ferris. 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: Baer & Kosztarab (1985) refer to "paralectotypes," but there is no mention of type in the original description and there was no published designation of a lectotype. Therefore, the type series must be considered syntypes. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Olliffiella secunda was described on the basis of the third instar female not the adult and it most likely is a synonym of O. cristicola (Bullington & Kosztarab, 1985).
Structure: Adult female is broadly oval or almost circular. The dorsum is not sclerotized (Ferris, 1955b).
Biology: Ferris (1955b) reports that "in habit similar of Olliffiella cristicola Cockerell, causing galls on the leaves of host, these galls being mostly on the ventral surface of the leaf. The opening of the gall is always along the midrib on the dorsal side of the leaf and is surrounded by elevated lips (Ferris, 1955b).
General Remarks: Baer & Kosztarab (1985) provide a description and illustration of the second instar female.