Kermes (insect)

Kermes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Kermesidae
Genus:	Kermes; Latreille, 1798
Species
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Kermes is a genus of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They feed on the sap of evergreen oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes", that is the source of natural crimson.^[1] The word "kermes" is derived from Persian or Turkish qirmiz or kirmizi (قرمز), "crimson" (both the colour and the dyestuff).^[2]

There are some 20 species,^[3] including:

Leonardi, 1908
(Nassonov, 1908)
(Balachowsky, 1953)
Signoret, 1875
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fourcroy, 1785)
Kermes vermilio Planchon, 1864

References[]

^ Naturenet article with images and description of Kermes vermilio and its foodplant
^ "Crimson (n.)". Etymology Online. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ Spodek, Malkie; Ben-Dov, Yair (2012). "Morphology of the first-instar nymph and adult female of Kermes echinatus Balachowsky, with a comparison to K. vermilio Planchon (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Kermesidae)". ZooKeys (246): 11–26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.246.3766. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3520143. PMID 23275748.

External links[]

Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online

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[1] Naturenet article with images and description of Kermes vermilio and its foodplant

[2] "Crimson (n.)". Etymology Online. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[SpodekBen-Dov2012-3] Spodek, Malkie; Ben-Dov, Yair (2012). "Morphology of the first-instar nymph and adult female of Kermes echinatus Balachowsky, with a comparison to K. vermilio Planchon (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Kermesidae)". ZooKeys (246): 11–26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.246.3766. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3520143. PMID 23275748.

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