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Kermes kuwanae Kanda, 1932 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermes kuwanae Kanda 1932a: 551-553. Type data: Japan: Honshu, Mt. Hakone, on Quercus myrisnaefolia, 03/05/1931, by S. Kanda. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Yokohama: S. Kanda Collection, Asano Senior High School, Kanagawa-ku, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Talla kuwanae (Kanda, 1932); Lindinger 1943b: 265. change of combination
Kermococcus kuwanae (Kanda, 1932); Borchsenius 1960d: 53. change of combination 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: 1

Yang1982: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
Borchs1960d: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus kuwanae
Kanda1932a: pp.554 ( Adult (F) ) [Japanese species of Kermes]

Systematics: This species resembles Kermes mutsurensis in the shape and size of female. Its legs resemble those of K. nakagawae (Kuwana, 1932a).
Structure: Adult female oval, with four hollow dots on dorsum. Dusky in color and often covered with a grayish white waxy secretion. Adult male is reddish brown, thorax pinkish purple with black plates, wings pale gray with pale rose colored costae (Kanda, 1932a).
Biology: Kuwana (1932a) states "this insect is always found sticking to forked parts of trees, and when taken off, it leaves a little white waxy secretion on the spot."
General Remarks: Kanda (1932a) provides a description and illustration of adult male and female.