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Tachardiella ourinhensis Hempel, 1937 (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardiella ourinhensis Hempel 1937: 8. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo State, Ourinhos, on Myrtaceae.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

KondoGu2011: pp.347-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Key Based on Adult Females to Separate Species of the Family Kerriidae Known to Occur in the New World]

Systematics: The color and consistency of the wax distinguishes this species from any other known species in the genus (Hempel, 1937) Matile-Ferrero & Couturier (1993) considered whether T. ourinhensis might be a species of Austrotachardiella and whether it might have affinities with A. sexcordata Matile-Ferrero since both species occur on Myrtaceae. However, Kondo & Gullan (2011) believe that T. ourinhensis is a species of Tachardiella because the adult female is described as having three to four setae at the apex of the antenna and the original description further suggests that the marginal duct clusters are duplex.
Structure: The adult female resin is light yellowish green in color, shiny, sticky, more or less globular in shape, the resin being composed of many individuals together. Individual insects about 4 mm in diameter and 3 mm in height. (Hempel, 1937)
General Remarks: Good description of the adult female given by Hempel (1937). Matile-Ferrero & Couturier (1994) suggested that this species belong to Austrotachardiella.