Kermesidae
Family of true bugs
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Nidularia balachowskii | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
Family: | Kermesidae |
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The Kermesidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. The type genus, Kermes, includes the kermes scale insects, from which a red dye, also called kermes (a.k.a. crimson), is obtained.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Kermesidae.
- Allokermes kingii, northern red-oak kermes, kermes scale on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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Extant Hemiptera families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Infraclass: Neoptera
- Superorder: Paraneoptera
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