Allokermes kingii (Cockerell)

Kermes kingi Cockerell, 1898 ca.

Talla kingi Lindinger, 1933.

Hosts: Quercus borealis [rubra], velutina, coccinea, ilicifolia, imbricaria, laurifolia, phellos, sp.

Post-reproductive female. Cockerell (1898c) described the postreproductive female as: Very convex, but the sides hardly bulging; length 5, breadth 4 1/3, height about 3 1/2 millim. Colour light ochreous, of quite a bright tint, marbled with a slightly darker redder tint; the marbling is absent in the mid-dorsal line, leaving a more or less distinct longitudinal pallid band; segmentation vaguely indicated by transverse rows of small black spots; entire surface very closely beset with minute dark dots. The scale is evenly rounded dorsally, without any prominences or depressions.

Remarks. This species has been recorded from eight species of oaks, but principally from Quercus borealis [rubra] and Q. velutina. All records are from the northeastern United States, the mountains of Virginia, or Alabama and Florida. The southern records on Q. phellos and Q. laurifolia may represent another undescribed species, but appear to be indistinguishable from A. kingi morphologically

Distribution: All records are from the northeastern United States, the mountains of Virginia, or Alabama and Florida.

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