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Kermes tropicalis Takahashi, 1936 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermes tropicalis Takahashi 1936d: 1-2. Type data: TAIWAN: Chushinron, near Rokki, Takao Prefecture, on Quercus sp., 19/05/1935, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name
Talla tropicalis (Takahashi, 1936); Lindinger 1943b: 265. change of combination Notes: Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden with Kermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes tropicalis.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: This species is closely allied to Kermes nawae, but differs in the coloration, the longer third antennal segment, and the structures of the legs of the adult female (Takahashi, 1936d).
Structure: Adult female dirty yellowish brown, with many small circular black spots mostly arranged in irregular transverse rows, which spots are variable in size, not reticulate in specimens treated with caustic potash and some of them are confluent or indistinctly defined. Globular, with no evident secretion (Takahashi, 1936d).
General Remarks: Detailed description by Takahashi (1936d).