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Kermes  Boitard, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 182785

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Talla von Heyden, 1860
  
    Dryocecis Amyot, 1848
  
    Kermococcus Silvestri, 1911
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyKermesidae Signoret, 1875 – gall-like scales, gall-like scale insects  
                                           GenusKermes Boitard, 1828  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Kermes arizonensis King, 1903 – Arizona kermes 
                                              Species Kermes austini Ehrhorn, 1899 – Austin's kermes 
                                              Species Kermes bacciformis Leonardi, 1908 – pearl-like kermes 
                                              Species Kermes bannaensis Liu, 1995  
                                              Species Kermes bekiri Bodenheimer, 1953  
                                              Species Kermes biblicus (Bodenheimer, 1926)  
                                              Species Kermes boguei Cockerell, 1897  
                                              Species Kermes castaneae Shi and Liu in Liu and Shi, 1993  
                                              Species Kermes ceriferus Ehrhorn, 1899  
                                              Species Kermes cockerelli Ehrhorn, 1898 – Cockerell's kermes 
                                              Species Kermes concinnulus Cockerell in Bogue, 1898  
                                              Species Kermes cordiformis Lindinger, 1912  
                                              Species Kermes corticalis Nasonov, 1908 – southern kermes 
                                              Species Kermes echinatus Balachowsky, 1953  
                                              Species Kermes flavus Liu in Liu and Shi, 1995  
                                              Species Kermes formosanus Takahashi, 1929  
                                              Species Kermes fuscuatum Liu and Shi, 1993  
                                              Species Kermes gibbosus Signoret, 1875 – humped kermes 
                                              Species Kermes globosus (Borchsenius, 1960)  
                                              Species Kermes greeni Bodenheimer, 1931  
                                              Species Kermes hermonensis Spodek and Ben-Dov, 2014  
                                              Species Kermes himalayensis Green, 1909 – ban oak grey scale 
                                              Species Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Mediterranean scale 
                                              Species Kermes kuwanae Kanda, 1932  
                                              Species Kermes macrantherae (Borchsenius, 1960) – Transcaucasicus kermes 
                                              Species Kermes miyasakii Kuwana, 1907  
                                              Species Kermes muhlisi Bodenheimer, 1941  
                                              Species Kermes multiporus Hu and Li, 1993  
                                              Species Kermes mutsurensis Kuwana, 1931  
                                              Species Kermes nahalali Bodenheimer, 1931  
                                              Species Kermes nakagawae Kuwana, 1902 – Oak globular scale 
                                              Species Kermes nawae Kuwana, 1902 – Nawa globular scale 
                                              Species Kermes nigronotatus Hu, 1986  
                                              Species Kermes nigropunctatus Ehrhorn and Cockerell in Ehrhorn, 1898 – black-punctured kermes 
                                              Species Kermes nudus Bullington and Kosztarab, 1985 – chinquapin kermes 
                                              Species Kermes orientalis Shi and Liu in Liu and Shi, 1993  
                                              Species Kermes peronatus Hu and Li, 1993  
                                              Species Kermes perryi King, 1900  
                                              Species Kermes pettiti Ehrhorn, 1899  
                                              Species Kermes prinus Baer and Kosztarab, 1981 – chestnut oak kermes 
                                              Species Kermes punctatus (Borchsenius, 1960)  
                                              Species Kermes qingdaonensis Hu, 1986  
                                              Species Kermes quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) – kermes berry, striped kermes 
                                              Species Kermes rimarum Ferris, 1955 – bark-crevice kermes 
                                              Species Kermes roboris (Geoffroy, 1785) – English oak kermes 
                                              Species Kermes sadrii Bodenheimer, 1953  
                                              Species Kermes safinazae Ozkok, 1941  
                                              Species Kermes sassceri King, 1914 – Sasscer's kermes 
                                              Species Kermes shastensis Ehrhorn, 1911 – cottony kermes 
                                              Species Kermes siamensis (Cockerell, 1929)  
                                              Species Kermes spatulatus Balachowsky, 1953  
                                              Species Kermes sylvestris (Cockerell and King, 1898) – forest kermes 
                                              Species Kermes szetshuanensis (Borchsenius, 1960)  
                                              Species Kermes taishanensis Hu, 1986  
                                              Species Kermes trichrous Hu and Li, 1993  
                                              Species Kermes trinotatus Bogue, 1900  
                                              Species Kermes tropicalis Takahashi, 1936  
                                              Species Kermes vastus Kuwana, 1907 – large globular scale 
                                              Species Kermes vermilio Planchon, 1864 – escama de las encinas, Dyer's kermes, grã-dostintureiros, kermes berry, Kermès des teinturiers 
                                              Species Kermes viridis (Borchsenius, 1960)  
                                              Species Kermes williamsi Sternlicht, 1972  
       
                                            GenusKermes Boitard, 1828 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                              Species Kermes aterrimus (Costa, 1829)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
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