Valid Names Results

Structure: Adult is light brown-grey in color (Bodenheimer, 1931).
General Remarks: Best description by Lindinger (1912b).

Kermes cordiformis Lindinger, 1912 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermes cordiformis Lindinger 1912b: 286. Type data: Triest, on Quercus robur. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: Weidner & Wagner (1968) state that the type material of this species is missing from the Berlin Museum.
Coccus cordiformis (Lindinger, 1912); Cockerell 1929b: 150. change of combination
Talla cordiformis (Lindinger, 1912); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination
Kermes quercus; Balachowsky 1950d: 746. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Hoy1963, 142).
Kermococcus cordiformis; Borchsenius 1960d: 49. subsequent use Notes: Ferris, 1921: 157 rejected the Silvestri substitution of Kermococcus for Kermes as not justified under the International Code and considered it a synonym. Borchsenius used Kermococcus as a proper replacement.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Borchs1960d: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus cordiformis