First Description of the Adult Male of the Gall-Like Scale Insect Allokermes galliformis (Riley) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Kermesidae)

First Description of the Adult Male of the Gall-Like Scale Insect Allokermes galliformis (Riley) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Kermesidae)

The adult male of (Riley, 1881) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Kermesidae) is described for the first time in Colorado, United States of America. This scale insect species recently emerged as a significant pest of red oaks in Colorado through its causative role in drippy blight disease. A description and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2019-08, Vol.10 (8), p.250
Hauptverfasser: Krutil, Kyle D, Hall, Alison L, Cranshaw, Whitney S, Kondratieff, Boris C, Sitz, Rachael A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
adults
Allokermes galliformis
Animal behavior
Blight
Colorado
drippy blight disease
Ethanol
Females
Hemiptera
Insects
kermes scale insect
Kermesidae
Males
Morphology
new geographic records
Phylogenetics
Physical characteristics
pin oak kermes
Quercus
Quercus sp
scale insects
Scanning electron microscopy
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Zusammenfassung:The adult male of (Riley, 1881) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Kermesidae) is described for the first time in Colorado, United States of America. This scale insect species recently emerged as a significant pest of red oaks in Colorado through its causative role in drippy blight disease. A description and illustration of the adult male characterize its key external morphological characteristics.
ISSN:2075-4450
2075-4450
DOI:10.3390/insects10080250