Valid Names Results
Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Kermesidae: Kermes)Nomenclatural History
- Coccus ilicis Linnaeus 1758: 455. Type data: FRANCE: on Quercus coccifera. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Linnean Society of London, England; accepted valid name
- Chermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758); Olivier 1792: 440. change of combination
- Lecanium ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758); Blanchard 1840: 214. change of combination
- Chermes bauhini Planchon 1864: 22-24. Type data: FRANCE: Montpellier, on Quercus ilex. Unknown type status, unknown, junior synonym (discovered by Bodenh1931, 243). Notes: All type material of Planchon is assumed lost (Matile-Ferrero, personal communication, November 20, 1996).
- Coccus bauhini (Planchon, 1864); Targioni Tozzetti 1867: 45. change of combination
- Kermes bauhini (Planchon, 1864); Targioni Tozzetti 1867: 45. change of combination
- Kermes bauhinii (Planchon, 1864); Signoret 1874: 88. misspelling of species epithet
- Kermes bankinii (Planchon, 1864); Maskell 1894: 93. misspelling of species epithet Notes: Maskell (1894) mentions a Planchon species Kermes bankinii which appears to be a misspelling of K. bauhini which is currently a junior synonym of K. ilicis.
- Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758); Cockerell 1899j: 270. change of combination
- Kermococcus ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758); Leonardi 1918: 212. change of combination
- Talla ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758); Lindinger 1933a: 143. change of combination Notes: Morrison & Morrison, 1966 synonymized the genus Talla von Heyden withKermes Boitard creating the combination Kermes ilicis.
Common Names
- Mediterranean scale Brown1975
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fagaceae
- Quercus coccifera | Hoy1963
- Quercus ilex | Hoy1963 Planch1864
- Quercus pubescens | Hoy1963
- Quercus pyrenaica | Hoy1963 | (= Quercus toza)
- Quercus suber | SilvaCa1988
Foes:
Families: 4 | Genera: 6
- Encyrtidae
- Blastothrix erythrostetha | Fulmek1943
- Metaphycus hirtipennis | Fulmek1943
- Metaphycus hispanicus | SilvaCa1988 | (= Aenasioidea hispanica)
- Psilophrys tenuicornis | Fulmek1943 | (= Psilophrys longicornis)
- Eulophidae
- Aprostocetus leptoneuros | Domeni1966 | (= Tetrastichus leptoneurus)
- Melyridae
- Melyridae | BougueBeGe2026
- Pteromalidae
- Pteromalus | Fulmek1943
Associates:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Aphididae
- Lachnus roboris | BougueBeGe2026
- Formicidae
- Camponotus piceus | Foldi1984a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 11
- Algeria | BougueBeGe2026 Hoy1963
- Austria | Sugony1965
- France | Foldi2001 Hoy1963
- Greece | Hoy1963
- Hungary | Sugony1965
- Italy | LongoMaPe1995
- Moldova | KozarOs1987
- Portugal | SilvaCa1988
- Sardinia | Pelliz2011
- Spain | Hoy1963
- Turkey | UlgentKaKo2013
Keys
Remarks
- Biology: This species was found in association with aphids Lachnus roboris (Linnaeus, 1758). One specimen was also observed containing a Melyridae larva that fed on second-instar larvae of Kermes ilicis
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Leonardi (1920).
Illustrations
Citations
- Argyri1983: distribution, host, 364
- Arnett1985: distribution, host, 239
- Balach1927: taxonomy, 184, 186
- Balach1930: host, 313
- Balach1930a: taxonomy, 180
- Balach1930e: distribution, host, 220
- Balach1932d: distribution, lvi
- Balach1950c: distribution, taxonomy, 343, 345
- Balach1950d: taxonomy, 740, 742-743
- Balach1953f: distribution, 182
- Banks1977: chemistry, 63
- BarbagBiBo1995: distribution, 43
- Bentle1960: chemistry, 208, 210
- Blanch1840: taxonomy, 214
- Bodenh1926: taxonomy, 46
- Bodenh1931: taxonomy, 242, 244
- Bodenh1935: taxonomy, 270
- Bodenh1953a: taxonomy, 140, 141
- Boitar1828: distribution, taxonomy, 171
- Borchs1960d: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 27, 39, 57-59
- BorgesViSa1986: taxonomy, 39
- BougueBeGe2026: biology, distribution, host, illustration, 211, 212
- Brown1975: chemistry, distribution, host, 271
- Buchne1921: taxonomy, 251
- CameroDeFe1981: taxonomy, 2407, 2417
- Carmon1985: host, taxonomy, 433
- Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 327
- Cocker1899j: taxonomy, 270
- Cocker1922: taxonomy, 309
- Cocker1929b: taxonomy, 150
- Collin1950: taxonomy, 160
- Comsto1881a: taxonomy, 337
- Domeni1966: biological control, 37
- Donkin1977a: taxonomy, 859
- Ealand1915: chemistry, host, 220
- Eastop1979: chemistry, host, 120
- FavretOuWi2014: taxonomy, 70
- Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 62
- Feytau1916: distribution, host, 2
- Foldi1984a: ecology, host, 349
- Foldi2000: distribution, host, 81
- Foldi2001: distribution, 305
- Foldi2003b: 30
- FoldiCa1985: taxonomy, 34, 44
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 11
- FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 16,25
- Fulmek1943: biological control, catalog, distribution, 38, 78
- Gertss2008: catalog, taxonomy, 56
- GervaiVa1859: host, taxonomy, 373
- Gilmou1961: chemistry, host, 229
- GomezM1937: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 246-7
- GomezM1958a: distribution, 10
- GomezM1960O: description, distribution, host, life history, 202-203
- Goux1946b: taxonomy, 98
- Hendry1962: taxonomy, 127
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 147
- Koszta1987: chemistry, distribution, host, 218
- KozarDr1998h: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 408
- KozarOs1987: distribution, host, 92
- KozarPaPa1991: distribution, host, 65
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 75
- Leonar1908a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 159
- Leonar1918: host, 212
- Leonar1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 271-272
- Lindin1912b: taxonomy, 286
- Lindin1930: host, taxonomy, 102
- Lindin1931: taxonomy, 115
- Lindin1932f: taxonomy, 201
- Lindin1933a: taxonomy, 136
- Lindin1935: taxonomy, 136
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 547
- Linnae1758: distribution, host, 455
- Lizery1943: chemistry, 460
- Lloyd1980: chemistry, host, taxonomy, 93
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 122
- Martin1984MP: distribution, host, taxonomy, 66
- Mayet1903: taxonomy, 729
- Melis1930: distribution, 17
- Menozz1927: taxonomy, 73
- MilonaKoKo2008a: distribution, 143-147
- Morley1910b: biological control, 94
- Newste1903: taxonomy, 138
- Olivie1792: taxonomy, 440
- ParentPa1960: chemistry, economic importance, 22
- Pelliz2011: distribution, 312
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 63,71
- PellizPoCo2012: distribution, host, structure, 38
- Perrie1926: taxonomy, 124
- Pierce1917: distribution, host, 153
- Plaisa1978: taxonomy, 24
- Planch1864: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 22-24
- PorcelPe2014: taxonomy, 61
- Quijan1981: host, taxonomy, 222
- Rivnay1944: biological control, 77
- SchildSc1928: biological control, 258, 267
- Schmut1972a: taxonomy, 420
- Schwep1986: chemistry, 159
- SilvaCa1988: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5-19
- Sternl1969: taxonomy, 252
- Sugony1965: biological control, distribution, 225
- Sugony1965: biological control, distribution, taxonomy, 225
- SzitaFeBe2017: distribution, host, 469
- Talhou1950: distribution, host, 138
- Targio1869: taxonomy, 733
- Targio1888: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 450, 433
- Thomso1957: chemistry, 222, 227
- Thomso1960: chemistry, 27, 28
- Tokuna1944: taxonomy, 212, 214
- Trabut1910: host, 71
- Trabut1911: host, 53
- Tranfa1981: distribution, host, taxonomy, 21
- UlgentDo2019: distribution, host, 487
- UlgentKaKo2013: distribution, host, 28
- Willia2015: taxonomy, 578, 580
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 239
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, 11,27,40
