Olliffiella secunda
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Kermesidae | Genus: Olliffiella
Hosts: Quercus castanea / Quercus crassifolia
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, green
Texture: hairless
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Shape: conical, globular
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Alignment: integral
Walls: thick
Location: leaf midrib
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
A morphological and systematic study of the first and second instars of the Kermesidae in the Nearctic region (Homoptera: Coccoidea)
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Olliffiella secunda Ferris, 1955:21
Material studied:
- Paralectotypes on Quercus sp.:
- MEXICO, State of Guerrero, 30 mi. E. of Acapulco, La Providencia, Mar. 15, 1926, coll. G.F.F., 4(7), NMNH
Remarks:
The original description contained no information on the first or second instar. Ferris (1955) noted that O. secunda forms galls on oaks in Mexico, similar to O. cristicola.
- Ronald Baer: (1978) A morphological and systematic study of the first and second instars of the Kermesidae in the Nearctic region (Homoptera: Coccoidea)©
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