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Humped kermes

Kermes gibbosus Signoret, 1875

Status not recordedinsects

The humped kermes (Kermes gibbosus) is a species in the family Kermesidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Austria, Bulgaria and Germany.

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Quick facts about the humped kermes

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the humped kermes live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The humped kermes is listed for 5 countries.

AustriaHungaryGermanyBulgariaItaly
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Austria
  2. Bulgaria
  3. Germany
  4. Hungary
  5. Italy

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the humped kermes endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the humped kermes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyKermesidae
  6. genusKermes
  7. SpeciesKermes gibbosus Signoret, 1875

Synonyms Coccus gibbosus, Kermes gibbifera, Kermococcus gibbosus, Talla gibbosus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the humped kermes

Other species in the same genus Kermes.

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Common questions

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Where does the humped kermes live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the humped kermes for 5 countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary and Italy. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the humped kermes?

The humped kermes (Kermes gibbosus) belongs to the family Kermesidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Humped kermes (Kermes gibbosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/humped-kermes

MLA

“Humped kermes (Kermes gibbosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/humped-kermes.

BibTeX
@misc{humped_kermes_2026,
  title = {Humped kermes (Kermes gibbosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/humped-kermes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}