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Issue: Vol. 4407 No. 3: 11 Apr. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.9
Page range: 427–434
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 2

A new scale insect of the extinct family Weitschatidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha Myanmar amber Albian-Cenomanian

Abstract

A new genus and species of the extinct family Weitschatidae, Criniverticillus longicumulus gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha), is described and illustrated from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new species is based on a fossil specimen with complete body, wings and antennae. The family diagnosis is updated to include similarities between Criniverticillus, Pseudoweitschatus and Weitschatus. An identification key to species of Weitschatidae is provided.

 

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