Valid Names Results

Kermes nakagawae Kuwana, 1902 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes nakagawae Kuwana 1902: 49. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Tokyo, Nishigahara, on Quercus serrata. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Type material was originally placed in the Entomological Collection of Leland Stanford Jr. University, which is now a part of the UCDC collection. Illustr.
• Coccus nakagawae (Kuwana, 1902); Cockerell 1929b: 150. change of combination
• Talla nakagawae (Kuwana, 1902); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination
• Kermococcus nakagawae (Kuwana, 1902); Chumak 1956: 117. change of combination Notes: Ferris, 1921: 157 rejected the Silvestri substitution of Kermococcus for Kermes as not justified under the International Code and considered it a synonym. Borchsenius used Kermococcus as a proper replacement.

Common Names

• Oak globular scale KSPP1972

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 3 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LiuSh1995: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [Young adult females of Chinese Kermes]
• Yang1982: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
• Paik1978: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococcus nakagawae
• Borchs1960d: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus nakagawae
• Kanda1932a: pp.554 ( Adult (F) ) [Japanese species of Kermes]
• Kuwana1931: pp.17 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Kermes species]
• Kuwana1931: pp.17 ( Immature (F) ) [Key to Kermes species]

Remarks

• Structure: Eggs are elongate in shape, highly polished and pale lemon in color. Newly hatched larvae are pale brown in color, elongate in outline. Adult female is dark brown in color with five or more black transverse bands, shiny, slightly covered with a grayish white waxy secretion. Male pupa and adult male are both brown (Kuwana, 1931).
• Biology: Kuwana (1931) states that this species has one generation per year and overwinters in the larval stage. The male appears about the later part of April. After copulation, the female body gets swollen and produces a lot of honeydew which is attractive to ants and flies. Females lay eggs in late May and they hatch in the middle of June.

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