Diverse new scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a phylogenetic framework for fossil Coccoidea
Author
Vea, Isabelle M.
Author
Grimaldi, David A.
text
American Museum Novitates
2015
2015-01-16
2015
3823
1
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3823.1
journal article
10.1206/3823.1
0003-0082
5367923
Pseudoweitschatus
,
new genus
TYPE
SPECIES:
Pseudoweitschatus audebertis
,
n. sp.
, by present designation and monotypy.
OCCURRENCE:
Myanmar
:
Kachin
: near Tanai village. Albian-Cenomanian boundary.
ETYMOLOGY: The generic name refers to the close similarity of this genus to
Weitschatus
Koteja
described in Koteja (2008). Gender: masculine.
GENERIC DIAGNOSIS (macropterous male):
Pseudoweitschatus
,
n. gen.
, differs from
Weitschatus
by the combination of the following characters: antennal apical segment with curved bristles (vs. absent); hamulohaltere leaf-shaped (vs. bilobed); claw digitule spinose (vs. clavate); dorsal abdominal segments VII and VIII each with a single row of tubular ducts (vs. two to four rows of pores); small caudal extensions absent (vs. present); penial sheath triangular and short.
INCLUDED SPECIES:
P. audebertis
,
n. sp.