Valid Names Results

Hemiberlesia quercicola Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)

Nomenclatural History

• Hemiberlesia quercicola Ferris 1941d: 344. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Diego County, at Banner, on Quercus engelmanni.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Abgrallaspis quercicola (Ferris, 1941); Davidson 1964: 639. change of combination
• Hemiberlesia quercicola Ferris, 1941; Normark, et al. 2014: 47. revived combination (previously published) Notes: This combination was revived when Abgrallaspis was synonymized with Hemiberlesia by Normark, et al. (2014).

Common Names

• irregular oak scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• NormarMoKr2014: pp.46-47 ( Adult (F) ) [Modifications to Ferris's 1942 key to the species of North American Hemiberlesia to include both South American and North American species]
• Gill1997: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
• Davids1964: pp.639-640 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1956: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
• Ferris1942: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female white or straw colored, very irregular because of its position, but apparently basically circular and with the exuviae subcentral, pale yellow and normally covered with secretion. Scale of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring buried in cracks of the bark and under bark flakes (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).

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