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Checklist for Family Tachardiidae Green, 1896 (Lac insects)
and region East Asia (Far East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1146
26296
148959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1142
26273
148905
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1054
25859
147577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
237
4339
19417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
190
3913
17410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTachardiidae
Green, 1896
Lac insects, Lac scales
5
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Asia
5 Genera with 17 Species
Albotachardina Zhang, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Kerria Targioni Toz..., 19907SpeciesTaxom
Metatachardia Chamberlin, 19925SpeciesTaxom
Paratachardina Balachowsky, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Tachardina Cockerell, 19231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Asia
17 Species and 2 Subspecies
Albotachardina sinensis Zhang, 1922
Albotachardina yunnanensis Zhang, 1992
Kerria (Chamberliniella) greeni Chamberlin, 1923Buttressed threetooth
Kerria fici fici Green, 1903
Kerria (Kerria) lacca Kerr, 1782Common lac insect
Kerria lacca lacca Kerr, 1782
Kerria (Kerria) mengdingensis Zhang, Z.S., 1993
Kerria (Kerria) ruralis Wang, Yao, T..., 1982
Kerria (Kerria) yunnanensis Ou & Hong, 1990
Metatachardia fukienensis Zhang, Z.S., 1993
Metatachardia hunanensis Zhang, Z.S., 1993
Metatachardia myrica Tang, 1974
Metatachardia sinensis Zhang, Z.S., 1993
Metatachardia yunnanensis Zhang, Z.S., 1992
Paratachardina capsella Wang, 1986
Paratachardina decorella Maskell, 1893Native Cochineal
Paratachardina theae Green, 1907
Tachardina theae (Chamberlin, 1923)⇒ Paratachardina theae Green, 1907


Links, sources and further information
Tachardiidae at gbif.org
Tachardiidae at irmng.org
Tachardiidae at itis.gov