Valid Names Results

Kermes safinazae Ozkok, 1941 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes safinazae Ozkok 1941: 18. Type data: TURKEY: Beynam forest near Ankara, on Quercus sp., 09/11/1940. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name
• Kermococcus safinazae (Ozkok, 1941); Borchsenius 1960d: 49. 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.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Borchs1960d: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus safinazae
• Bodenh1953a: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [Macroscopic key to the Turkish species of Kermes]

Remarks

• Structure: Body of adult female almost globular, with smooth shining surface. Groundcolor camel-brown with a pattern of 3 chestnut brown transverse bands and series of spots and short stripes (Ozkok, 1941).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Ozkok (1941).

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