Valid Names Results
Kermes sassceri King, 1914 (Kermesidae: Kermes)Nomenclatural History
- Kermes sassceri King 1914a: 48-49. Type data: UNITED STATES: Massachusetts, Lawrence, on Quercus rubra. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: The USNM material is dry and not mounted. Illustr.
- Talla sassceri (King, 1914); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination Notes: Morrison & Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden with Kermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes sassceri.
Common Names
- Sasscer's kermes Gill1993
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fagaceae
- Quercus petraea | Essig1915a | (= Quercus borealis)
- Quercus rubra | King1914a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Canada | King1914a
- United States
- California | Carnes1907
- Connecticut | Britto1923
- Massachusetts | King1914a
- New York | King1914a
- Pennsylvania | King1914a
- Rhode Island | King1914a
Keys
- Britto1923: pp.350 ( Adult (F) ) [Kermes species]
- MacGil1921: pp.198 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female turns white when shell is formed. Scale form is globular, but transverse with a broad medio-dorsal depression which gives it a bilobed look (King, 1914a).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by King (1914a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BaerKo1985: taxonomy, 157
- Balach1950c: distribution, 344
- Britto1917: distribution, host, 143
- Britto1920: distribution, host, 63
- Britto1923: taxonomy, 350, 351
- BullinKo1977a: taxonomy, 61
- BullinKo1985: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 116-117
- Carnes1907: distribution, 18
- Essig1915a: description, host, taxonomy, 118
- Ferris1955a: description, distribution, host, illustration, 204
- Gill1993: distribution, host, taxonomy, 136
- HollinPa1919: distribution, 92
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 160
- King1914: distribution, host, 151
- King1914a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 48-49
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 143
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 198
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 359
- Ruhl1923: biological control, 4
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 239
