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Kermes biblicus (Bodenheimer, 1926) (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermococcus biblicus Bodenheimer 1926: 45. Type data: LEBANON: Beirut, on Quercus coccifera, ?/07/1914. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: Ben-Dov & Harpaz (1985) state that no type material could be found in ICVI. Illustr.
Kermes biblicus (Bodenheimer, 1926); Bodenheimer 1931: 242. change of combination
Talla biblicus (Bodenheimer, 1926); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination Notes: Morrison & Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden withKermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes biblicus.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Borchs1960d: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus biblicus

Systematics: Both Bytinski-Salz and Sternlicht (1967) and Sternlicht (1969) considered K. palestiniensis to be a synonym of K. biblicus, although, according to Ben-Dov and Harpaz (1985), no type material of K. biblicus is known and therefore the basis for this synonymy is unsubstantiated. (Spodek & Ben-Dov, 2014)
Structure: Adult female is spherical, dark reddish brown or black in color (Bodenheimer, 1926).
Biology: This species was collected en masse on the small branches of its host (Bodenheimer, 1926).