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Kermes vastus Kuwana, 1907 (Kermesidae: Kermes)

Kermes vastus Kuwana 1907: 181. Type data: JAPAN: on Quercus acutissima. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tokyo: Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, Tachikawa, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Coccus vastus (Kuwana, 1907); Cockerell 1929b: 150. change of combination
Talla vasta (Kuwana, 1907); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination Notes: Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden with Kermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes vastus.
Kermococcus vastus (Kuwana, 1907); Borchsenius 1960d: 34. 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: 2 | Genera: 3

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Countries: 3

Yang1982: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermes]
Paik1978: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococcus vastus
Borchs1960d: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Kermococcus] Key as: Kermococus vastus
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]

Structure: Eggs are elongate, polished and yellowish orange in color. Newly hatched larvae are brownish orange and elongate with distinct segmentation. Adult female dark brown with black transverse irregular bands, shiny and covered with a white powdery secretion (Kuwana, 1931).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kuwana (1907).