Kerriidae
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Kerriidae is a family of scale insects,[2] commonly known as lac insects or lac scales, erected by Karl Lindinger in 1937.
Some members of the genera Metatachardia, Tachardiella, Austrotacharidia, Afrotachardina, Tachardina, and Kerria are raised for commercial purposes, though the most commonly cultivated species is Kerria lacca. These insects secrete a waxy resin that is harvested and converted commercially into lac and shellac, used in various dyes, cosmetics, food glazes, wood finishing varnishes and polishes.[citation needed]
Commercially-used species include:
- Kerria lacca – true lac scale
- Paratachardina decorella – rosette lac scale
- Paratachardina pseudolobata – lobate lac scale
Genera
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[1] lists:
- Afrotachardina Template:Au
- Albotachardina Template:Au
- Austrotachardia Template:Au
- Austrotachardiella Template:Au
- Kerria Template:Au - type genus
- Laccifer Template:Au
- Metatachardia Template:Au
- Paratachardina Template:Au
- Tachardia Template:Au
- Tachardiella Template:Au
- Tachardina Template:Au
See also
References
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- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: family Keriidae (retrieved 19 July 2025)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ben-Dov, Yair; et al. (Miller, Douglass R.; Gibson, Gary A. P.) (2006). A Systematic Catalogue of Eight Scale Insect Families (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of The World. Elsevier Science. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-444-52836-0.
External links
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- Taxonomy
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