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Kermes muhlisi Bodenheimer, 1941 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermes muhlisi Bodenheimer 1941: 76-78. Type data: TURKEY: Antalya, near Manavgat and Fineke, ?/08/1940, by S. Erkelic. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name Illustr.
Kermococcus muhlisi (Bodenheimer, 1941); Borchsenius 1960d: 50. 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

Borchs1960d: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus muhlisi
Bodenh1953a: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [Macroscopic key to the Turkish species of Kermes]

Systematics: The taxon Kermes muhlisia. described by Bodenheimer (1941: 76) from Turkey has been suspected to be a synonym of K. roboris by Balachowsky (1950: 745), while Borchsenius (1960: 50) treated it as a separate species. (Dianferoni, 2019)
Structure: Adult female globular with smooth shining surface, light reddish brown in color, legs apparently absent, dark transverse bands. (Bodenheimer, 1941).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Bodenheimer (1941).