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Tachardiella fulgens (Cockerell, 1895) (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardia fulgens Cockerell 1895r: 1. Type data: U.S.A.: Arizona, on Sesbania (?).. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Tachardiella fulgens (Cockerell, 1895); MacGillivray 1921: 154. change of combination
Tachardiella (Tachardiella) fulgens; Chamberlin 1923: 183. subsequent use

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

Systematics: T. fulgens is most close to T. ferrisi. (Chamberlain, 1923)
Structure: Female scales usually massed together, more or less surrounding the twig, forming an irregular nodulose bright reddish-orange coating about 4 mm. thick. A single scale is about 5 mm. long and 4mm wide, and presents a conspicuous somewhat curved, blunt, shining, dorsal hump; also a tail-like projection, sometimes directed upwards, and two or three irregular projections on the side. (Cockerell 1895)
Economic Importance: This lac insect species, under the name of ‘Gomilla’ or ‘Gomea’, was used medicinally to treat stomach troubles and for repairing crockery and utensils in Mexico and the southwestern USA (Kondo & Gullan, 2022)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Chamberlin (1923).