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Oak globular scale

Kermes nakagawae Kuwana, 1902

Status not recordedinsects

The oak globular scale (Kermes nakagawae) is a species in the family Kermesidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Bulgaria, China and South Korea.

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Quick facts about the oak globular scale

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the oak globular scale 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 oak globular scale is listed for 3 countries.

South KoreaBulgariaChina
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Bulgaria
  2. China
  3. South Korea

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the oak globular scale 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 oak globular scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyKermesidae
  6. genusKermes
  7. SpeciesKermes nakagawae Kuwana, 1902

Synonyms Coccus nakagawae, Kermococcus nakagawae, Talla nakagawae

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 상수리왕공깍지벌레Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oak globular scale

Other species in the same genus Kermes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the oak globular scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the oak globular scale for 3 countries: Bulgaria, China and South Korea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the oak globular scale?

The oak globular scale (Kermes nakagawae) 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). Oak globular scale (Kermes nakagawae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-globular-scale

MLA

“Oak globular scale (Kermes nakagawae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-globular-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{oak_globular_scale_2026,
  title = {Oak globular scale (Kermes nakagawae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-globular-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}