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Kermes austini Ehrhorn, 1899 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermes austini Ehrhorn 1899a: 104. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Diego County, Guejito Mts., 8 miles E of Escondido, on "Quercus oblongifolius", by F. Austin. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Blacksburg: Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Three slides of type material, including one larva in USNM.
Talla austini (Ehrhorn, 1899); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination Notes: Morrison & Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden withKermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes austini.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Quercus | Ehrhor1899a | Ehrhorn (1899a) lists the host as "{Quercus oblongifolius}", but Ferris (1955a) states that this is an error since that species does not occur in California.

Countries: 1

Structure: Scale not gibbous. Adult female 4.0 mm in diameter, spherical, light brown with several irregular, white stripes parallel with the segments. A distinct groove on the caudal portion which is distinctly marked with light brown. Derm more or less pitted, the pits generally marked dark brown or black. Dorsum slightly covered with waxy secretion. Antennae very short and stout, indistinctly 6-segmented (Ferris, 1955a).
General Remarks: Best description by Ferris (1955a).