Kermes vermilio
Species of true bug
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Kermes vermilio is a species of Kermes that feeds on trees. Some of the species are used by humans to make vermilion; though a mineral form used in many cultures and discovered at a similar time is cinnabar (crystallized HgS, mercury sulfide).[1]
| Kermes vermilio | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Kermesidae |
| Genus: | Kermes |
| Species: | K. vermilio |
| Binomial name | |
| Kermes vermilio Planchon, 1864 | |
Sister species
See also
- Cochineal
- Armenian cochineal (kirmiz)
- Vermilion
