Family KERRIIDAE
Lac Insects
Introduction
The Kerriidae are distributed throughout the tropics with extensions into temperate areas. The family contains the well known lac insect of commerce, Kerria lacca, reared for its resinous secretions used for the production of shellac and sealing wax.
The described Australian fauna comprises three genera and seven species.
References
Williams, D.J. 1991. Superfamily Coccoidea. pp. 457–464 in, Chapter 30. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects etc.). pp. 429–509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Carlton : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 pp. xiii 542