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Issue: Vol. 5382 No. 1: 7 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5382.1.15
Page range: 139-145
Abstract views: 244
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A new species of Eocene whitefly—Snotra herczeki sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) from Baltic amber

Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; PL 40-007 Katowice; Poland
Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; PL 40-007 Katowice; Poland
Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; PL 40-007 Katowice; Poland
Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; PL 40-007 Katowice; Poland
Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions; Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology; University of Gdańsk; 59; Wita Stwosza St.; PL80-308 Gdańsk; Poland
Hemiptera whiteflies Sternorrhyncha Aleyrodidae Aleyrodinae new species Eocene Baltic amber

Abstract

The second species of the Aleyrodinae whitefly genus Snotra Szwedo et Drohojowska, 2016 is described based on an inclusion in the Eocene Baltic amber. It is second species of the genus, adding new data to knowledge on disparity and taxonomic diversity of whiteflies in the Eocene Baltic amber. The diversity of the group and its fossil record in the Eocene fossil resins is briefly discussed.

 

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