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Kermesidae  Signoret, 1875
Taxonomic Serial No.: 182754

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Kermidae
 
    Kermococcinae Balachowsky, 1930
  
  Common Name(s): gall-like scales [English]
  
    gall-like scale insects [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyKermesidae Signoret, 1875 – gall-like scales, gall-like scale insects  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusAllokermes Bullington and Kosztarab, 1985  
                                           GenusEriokermes Miller and Miller, 1993  
                                           GenusFulbrightia Ferris, 1950  
                                           GenusKermes Boitard, 1828  
                                           GenusNanokermes Bullington and Kosztarab, 1985  
                                           GenusNidularia Targioni Tozzetti, 1868  
                                           GenusOlliffiella Cockerell, 1896  
                                           GenusPhyseriococcus Borchsenius, 1959  
                                           GenusReynvaania Reyne, 1954  
                                           GenusSucinikermes Koteja, 1988  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Kermesidae   
       
  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Kermesidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McGavin, George C.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bugs of the World   
  Page(s): 192   
  Publisher: Facts on File   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8160-2737-4   
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  Reference for: Kermesidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, D. J.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family-group names in the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) - a supplement   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3616, no. 4   
  Page(s): 325-344   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.4.2   
  Reference for: Kermesidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Douglas John   
  Publication Date: 1969   
  Article/Chapter Title: The family-group names of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, vol. 23, no. 8   
  Page(s): 315-341   
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  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2313954   
  Reference for: Kermesidae   
       

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