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Kermes (insect)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Coccoidea

Scientific name
  
Kermes

Higher classification
  
Kermesidae

Order
  
True bugs

Suborder
  
Sternorrhyncha

Family
  
Kermesidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Kermesidae, Insect, Kermes vermilio, Scale insect, True bugs

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. The word "kermes" is derived from Arabic/Persian qirmiz (قرمز), which means "red" or "crimson" (probably via Middle Persian, from (ultimately) Sanskrit कृमिज kṛmi-ja meaning "worm-made").

There are six species:

  • Kermes bacciformis Leonardi, 1908
  • Kermes corticalis (Nassonov, 1908)
  • Kermes gibbosus Signoret, 1875
  • Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Kermes roboris (Fourcroy, 1785)
  • Kermes vermilio Planchon, 1864
  • References

    Kermes (insect) Wikipedia