†family Hodgsonicoccidae Vea and Grimaldi 2015 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hodgsonicoccidae

Full reference: I. M. Vea and D. A. Grimaldi. 2015. Diverse new scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a phylogenetic framework for fossil Coccoidea. American Museum Novitates 3823:1-80

Parent taxon: Neococcoidea according to J. Szwedo 2018

See also Vea and Grimaldi 2015

Sister taxa: Albicoccidae, Coccidae, Diaspididae, Eriococcidae, Inkaidae, Kermesidae, Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecidae

Subtaxa: Hodgsonicoccus

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Type: Hodgsonicoccus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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