†Protorthezia Koteja 1987 (ensign scale insect)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Ortheziidae
Full reference: J. Koteja. 1987. Protorthezia aurea gen. et sp. nov. (Homoptera, Coccinea, Ortheziidae) from Baltic amber. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 57:241-249
Parent taxon: Ortheziidae according to J. Koteja 1987
Sister taxa: Burmorthezia, Cretorthezia, Newsteadiinae, Ochyrocoris, Ortheziinae, Palaeonewsteadia, Wathondara
Subtaxa: Protorthezia aurea
Type: Protorthezia aurea
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Göttingen GZG collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)
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