Valid Names Results

Kermes mutsurensis Kuwana, 1931 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermes mutsurensis Kuwana 1931: 26-28. Type data: JAPAN: Kyushu, Matsure, near Moji city, on Pasania edulis, 06/05/1930, by K. Muramatsu & S. Imai. 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.
Talla mutsurensis (Kuwana, 1931); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination
Kermococcus mutsurensis (Kuwana, 1931); Borchsenius 1960d: 52. 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: 2

Countries: 1

Yang1982: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
Paik1978: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococcus mutsurensis
Borchs1960d: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus mutsurensis
Kanda1932a: pp.554 ( Adult (F) ) [Japanese species of Kermes]
Kuwana1931: pp.17 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Kermes species]
Kuwana1931: pp.17 ( Immature (F) ) [Key to Kermes species]

Structure: Eggs are oval in shape, highly polished and pale yellowish brown in color. Newly hatched larvae are pale brown, elongate, gradually tapering toward both extremities with distinct segmentation. Adult female globular or hemispherical, pale yellowish brown in color with transverse narrow blackish bands and partially covered with a grayish waxy secretion (Kuwana, 1931).