A taxonomic revision of the Kermesidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Israel, with a description of a new species Author Spodek, Malkie Author Ben-Dov, Yair text Zootaxa 2014 3781 1 1 99 journal article 36881 10.11646/zootaxa.3781.1.1 b6bac6d0-db3d-4c14-b289-ef0bb7184f3a 1175-5326 285772 D0E3A02D-340D-423F-9ADB-1089FB89C7EB Key to the adult females of Kermesidae species of Israel 1. Venter with a submarginal band of tubular ducts 2–4 ducts wide............. Nidularia balachowskii Bodenheimer ( Fig.41 ) - Venter with a submarginal band of tubular ducts 10–30 ducts wide............................................... 2 2. Legs fully-developed; dorsum with seta-pore clusters......................................................... 3 - Legs reduced to 3 segments or absent; dorsum without seta-pore clusters..........................................5 3. Dorsum with tubular ducts; anal lobes quadrate shaped, each with more than 5 setae.... Kermes greeni Bodenheimer ( Fig.9 ) - Dorsum without tubular ducts; anal lobes rectangular shaped, each with fewer than 5 setae........................... 4 4. Dorsal median circular spots present*....................................... Kermes nahalali Bodenheimer ( Fig.25 ) - Dorsal median spots absent.............................................. Kermes spatulatus Balachowsky ( Fig.33 ) 5. Antennae reduced to 1 segment; legs absent.................................. Kermes echinatus Balachowsky (Fig.1) - Antennae 3–6 segmented; legs reduced to 3 segments with claw.. Kermes hermonensis Spodek & Ben-Dov , sp. nov. ( Fig.17 )