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Tachardiella glomerella (Cockerell, 1905) (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardia glomerella Cockerell 1905a: 52. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, on the mesa near Little Mountains, Mesilla Valley, on Gutierrezia glomerella.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Albany: New York State Museum Insect Collection, New York, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Tachardiella glomerella (Cockerell, 1905); MacGillivray 1921: 153. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

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: T. glomerella is most closely related to T. pustulata. (Chamberlin, 1923). Adult females from Baccharis collected at Tornillo Creek between Marathon and Glenn Springs, Texas, by Ferris (1921) differ from typical specimens of T. glomerella by having many more microducts in vdc-2. Chamberlin, 1923, erected a new form, T. glomerella f. baccharidis, based on this population.
Structure: Crowded on the stems of Gutierrezia glomerella Greene the individuals coalescing in large numbers, but not (in the material received) not entirely surrounding the stem; color very dark, with translucent shining orange-red rounded bosses, suggesting of guava jelly (Cockerell, 1905a).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Chamberlin (1923).