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Kermesidae
Family of true bugs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Kermesidae | |
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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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