†Arctorthezia baltica Vea and Grimaldi 2012 (ensign scale insect)
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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 Arctorthezia according to I. M. Vea and D. A. Grimaldi 2012
Sister taxon: Arctorthezia antiqua
Type specimen: AMNH Ba-JVe38, a nymph. Its type locality is Baltic amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (AMNH collection)
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