†Arctorthezia antiqua Koteja and Zac-Ogaza 1988 (ensign scale insect)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Ortheziidae
Full reference: J. Koteja and B. Zac-Ogaza. 1988. Arctorthezia antiqua sp. n. (Homoptera Coccinea) from Baltic amber. Annales Zoologici 41:321-328
Belongs to Arctorthezia according to J. Koteja and B. Zac-Ogaza 1988
Sister taxon: Arctorthezia baltica
Type specimen: BMNH In. 18087, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (BMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (BMNH coll)
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