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Tachardiella ferrisi Chamberlin, 1923 (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardiella (Tachardiella) ferrisi Chamberlin 1923: 183. Type data: MEXICO: Lower California, La Paz, on Acacia flexicaulis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: LECTOTYPE: Adult female, designated in Kondo & Gullan (2011), on slide with two other adult females, lectotype clearly marked, apparently in Chamberlin’s handwriting, with sketch of the three females and an arrow to the primary type but incorrectly labeled as "Holotype", slide labeled: "Tachardiella/ferrisi Chamberlin / Holotype [with sketch of position of specimens] / On Acacia/flexicaulis / La Paz, Lower Calif. / G. F. Ferris, col. / Entomological Laboratory / Stanford University / JCC G.F.F." (BME). Illustr.
Tachardiella ferrisi Chamberlin, 1923; Kapur 1958: 26. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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. ferrisi is closest to T. fulgens. (Kondo & Gullan, 2011)
Structure: Tests smooth and gently lobed; lac smooth and between dragon's blood and burnt sienna in colour, averaging, perhaps, a little darker than the latter (Chamberlin, 1923).
Biology: Loosely massed upon twigs of host (Chamberlin, 1923). Tests smooth and gently lobed; lac smooth with color between that of dragon’s blood and burnt sienna. (Kondo & Gullan, 2011)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Chamberlin (1923).