AN ANNOTATED LIST OF GENERIC NAMES OF THE COCCOIDEA 99 



Kermesococcus Croniartie, 1959, Ann. Rev. Ent. 4 : 61. 

 Editorial lapsus for Kermes Boitard or Coccus Linnaeus. 



Kermesoides Signoret, 1869, Soc. Ent. de France Ann. (ser. 4) 8 : 862. 



type-species : Targioniu nigra Signoret, by implication. 



Signoret stated, "Targ. nigra Signoret, nov. spec. (Kermesoides id. olim)." 

 Lindinger, 1933e : 68, and Ferris, 1943a : 91, accepted Kermesoides as an alternate 

 specific name for nigra. We disagree with this interpretation and consider it to 

 be a generic name that Signoret had earlier placed on specimens of nigra. 



Kermicus Newstead, 1897, Ent. Monthly Mag. 33 : 170. 



type-species : Kermicus wroughtoni Newstead, 1897, by monotypy. 

 This genus assigns to the Pseudococcidae. 



Kermococcus Silvestri, 1911, Dispense di Entomologia Agraria se- 

 condo le Lezioni del Prof. F. Silvestri raccolte dal Dott. Guido 

 Grandi. Parte Speciale. Portici, p. 148. 

 type-species : Chermes roooris Fourcroy, 1785, by substitution of Kermo- 

 coccus for Kermes Boitard. 



The author presented this, without comment, as a new name for Kermes 

 Boitard, accompanied by a discussion of one species, vermilio Planchon. Leo- 

 nardi, 1920: 266 (footnote), quoted Silvestri's reason for the change as the simi- 

 larity of the name Kermes to Chermes, of earlier date, used in the Aphidoidea. 

 Silvestri, 1939 : 692, definitely cited Chermes vermilio Planchon as the type-species 

 of this genus. Ferris, 1921 : 157, rejected the Silvestri substitution as not justified 

 under the International Code. Lindinger, 1928 : 107, listed Kermococcus as a 

 synonym of Kermes and later, 1933a : 117, replaced Kermes with Talla Heyden. 

 Borchsenius, 1960d : 25-26, accepted and used Kermococcus as a proper replace- 

 ment for Kermes auct. See under Kermes. 



Kerria Targioni-Tozzetti, 1884, Min. di Agr. Indus, e Com., Ann. di 

 Agr. 1884 (Nos. 86-89) :410. 

 type-species : Coccus lacca Kerr, 1782, by monotypy. 



Targioni's manner of presenting this name implied that he had proposed it 

 prior to the presentation of the name Carteria Signoret, 1874. We have found 

 no trace of it in any earlier Targioni literature. See discussion under Laccifer 

 Oken. 



Kiritshenkella Borchsenius, 1948, Akad. Nauk SSSR Dok. (n.s.) 63: 

 583. 



type-species : Kiritshenkella stataria Borchsenius, 1948, by original designa- 

 tion and monotypy. 



The author placed this genus close to Neotrionymus Borchsenius in the Pseudo- 

 coccidae. 



Koroneaspis Bodenheimer, 1943, Iraq. Dir.-Gen. Agr. Bui. 28 : 9. 



type-species : Lepidosaphes aegilopos Koroneos, 1934, by monotypy. 



Balachowsky, 1954e : 24, 98-99, accepted this as a valid genus close to Lepido- 

 saphes Shimer. Borchsenius, 1949b : 343, added a second species, lonicerae. 



