genus
Kermesia Melichar, 1903
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (2)
- Kermesia Melichar, 1903b: 52.
type species by original monotypy Kermesia albida Melichar, 1903
- Kermesia Melichar, 1903 (classified as Kermesiinae Kirkaldy, 1906) in Wilson, 1988b: 325.
Type
Kermesia albida Melichar, 1903 type species by original monotypy of Kermesia Melichar, 1903
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Kermes Latreille, 1798 (Hemiptera: Kermesidae), from French: kermès or alkermès, from Arabic al-qirmiz (cochineal, carmine, bloddy, red) + -ia (noun suffix)
Nomenclature references (2)
- Melichar, L. (1903b) Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. In Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. pp. i-iv, 1-248. Verlag von Felix L. Dames. Berlin. iv + 248 pp. + 6 pls.
- Wilson, M.R. (1988b) Afronisia, a new african genus of meenoplidae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 12, 324–334.
Stats
| Valid names | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total | |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| species | 20 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |