Valid Names Results
Kermes prinus Baer & Kosztarab, 1981 (Kermesidae: Kermes)Nomenclatural History
- Kermes prinus Baer & Kosztarab 1981: 230. Type data: UNITED STATES: West Virginia, Pipestem State Park, on Quercus prinus, 27/06/1978, by M. & E. Kosztarab & D. & M. Suhayda. Holotype, larva, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- chestnut oak kermes BullinKo1985
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fagaceae
- Quercus michauxii | BaerKo1981 | (= Quercus prinus)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- West Virginia | BaerKo1981
Keys
- BaerKo1985: pp.141 ( First instar ) [First instars of Nearctic Kermes]
- BaerKo1981: pp.234 ( First instar ) [First instars of the Kermes concinnulus group]
Remarks
- Systematics: This species is closely allied to Kermes concinnulus, K. cockerelli, K. shastensis and K. rimarum (Baer & Kosztarab, 1985).
- General Remarks: This species was described based on first instars only (Baer & Kosztarab, 1981). Detailed description of first instar also by Baer & Kosztarab (1985).
Illustrations
Citations
- BaerKo1981: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 230-233
- BaerKo1985: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 192-195
- BullinKo1985: distribution, host, taxonomy, 72-73
- Koszta1996: description, taxonomy, 280
- KosztaRh1999: distribution, host, 122, 123
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 359
