Burmorthezia kotejai Vea and Grimaldi 2012 (ensign scale insect)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Ortheziidae

Full reference: I. M. Vea and D. A. Grimaldi. 2012. Phylogeny of ensign scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Ortheziidae) based on the morphology of Recent and fossil females. Systematic Entomology 37:758-783

Belongs to Burmorthezia according to I. M. Vea and D. A. Grimaldi 2012

Sister taxon: Burmorthezia insolita

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-1094, a nymph. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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