†family Apticoccidae Vea and Grimaldi 2015 (scale insect)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Apticoccidae

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: Coccoidea according to I. M. Vea and D. A. Grimaldi 2015

See also Szwedo 2018

Sister taxa: Adocimycolidae, Alacrena, Arnoldidae, Burmacoccidae, Coelostomidiidae, Electrococcidae, Grimaldiellidae, Grohnidae, Jersicoccidae, Kozariidae, Kukaspididae, Kuwaniidae, Labiococcidae, Lebanococcidae, Lithuanicoccidae, Macrodrilidae, Magnilens, Margarodidae, Matsucoccidae, Monophlebidae, Ortheziidae, Pedicellicoccus, Pennygullaniidae, Pityococcidae, Putoidae, Xiphos, Hammanococcidae

Subtaxa: Apticoccus

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Type: Apticoccus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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