Allokermes branigani (King)

Kermes branigani
Kermes nigropunctatus

Host--Quercus chrysolepis, wislizenii [observation on Quercus grisea listed as "questionable"]

King described the post-reproductive female as: Globular in shape, 5 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 5 mm. high. The color is light cream, nearly white, often with bluish cast, with four broad transverse bands of very light yellowish brown. Segmentation distinct; the sutures slightly depressed and marked by small round black dots. Surface shiny and thickly covered with minute black specks. . . . There is a short, very distinct groove posteriorly reaching to the anus.

Distr: CA

- Stephen Bullington, Michael Kosztarab: (1985) Studies on the morphology and systematics of scale insects. No. 12^©