Nanokermes iselini

Kermes iselini

Hosts: Quercus mohriana, arizonica

Post-reproductive female (description from paratype female). Spheroidal, ca. 3 mm long, 2 high, 2 1/2 broad, completely covered with short, clear strands of wax. Color uniform dark yellowish brown. 94
If wax is rubbed off, surface of dorsum is shiny, somewhat translucent, and covered with minute dark brown specks.

Remarks. This species is found on Quercus arizonica and Q. mohriana in Arizona and New Mexico.

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