Kermes (insect)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Kermesidae |
Genus: | Kermes Latreille, 1798 |
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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[]
Categories:
- Kermesidae
- Sternorrhyncha genera
- Coccoidea stubs