Valid Names Results

Kermes miyasakii Kuwana, 1907 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes miyasakii Kuwana 1907: 181-182. Type data: JAPAN: on Quercus serrata. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Coccus miyasakii (Kuwana, 1907); Cockerell 1929b: 150. change of combination
• Kermes tomarii Kuwana 1931c: 49-51. Type data: CHINA: Kwangtung, South Manchuria, on Quercus variabilis, 22/09/1930, by S. Tomari. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; junior synonym (discovered by Hu1986X, 299). Illustr.
• Talla miyasakii (Kuwana, 1907); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination
• Kermococcus miyasakii (Kuwana, 1907); Borchsenius 1960d: 54. 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.
• Kermococcus tomarii (Kuwana, 1931); Borchsenius 1960d: 56. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 3 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.153-154 ( Adult (M) ) [Kermesidae]
• LiuSh1995: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [Young adult females of Chinese Kermes]
• Hu1986X: pp.301 ( Adult (F) ) [Mounted young adult females]
• Hu1986X: pp.302 ( Adult (M) ) [Key to adult males]
• Hu1986X: pp.302 ( First instar ) [Key to first instars]
• Hu1986X: pp.302 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to old adult females in the field]
• Yang1982: pp.115 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
• Paik1978: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococcus miyasakii
• Borchs1960d: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus miyasakii
• Borchs1960d: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus tomarii
• Kanda1932a: pp.553 ( Adult (F) ) [Japanese species of Kermes]
• Kuwana1931: pp.17 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Kermes species]
• Kuwana1931: pp.17 ( Immature (F) ) [Key to Kermes species]

Remarks

• Structure: Eggs are elongate in outline, shiny, and pale yellowish orange in color. Newly hatched larvae are very pale yellow and elongate, narrowing toward both ends. Adult female is dark brown in color with transverse black bands, thinly covered with a grayish waxy secretion and nearly globular in outline (Kuwana, 1931).

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