Kermes (insect)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Kermes | |
|---|---|
| |
| Kermes echinatus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Kermesidae |
| Genus: | Kermes Latreille, 1798 |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
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:
- Kermes bacciformis Leonardi, 1908
- Kermes corticalis (Nassonov, 1908)
- Kermes echinatus (Balachowsky, 1953)
- Kermes gibbosus Signoret, 1875
- Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Kermes roboris (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 OnlineError: "Q2383821" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
 | This article related to members of the insect superfamily Coccoidea is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars desynced from Wikidata
- Taxonbar pages requiring a Wikidata item
- Taxonbars with invalid from parameters
- Taxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs
- Kermesidae
- Sternorrhyncha genera
- All stub articles
- Coccoidea stubs