†Labiococcus joosti Koteja 2000 (scale insect)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Labiococcidae
Full reference: J. Koteja. 2000. Scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccinea) from Upper Cretaceous New Jersey amber. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 147-229
Belongs to Labiococcus according to J. Koteja 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-631, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
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