Insecta - Hemiptera - Ortheziidae
Alternative spelling: Orthezides
Full reference: C. J. B. Amyot and J. G. Audinet-Serville. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères 1-676
Parent taxon: Coccoidea according to I. M. Vea and D. A. Grimaldi 2015
See also Koteja and Azar 2008 and Szwedo 2018
Sister taxa: Adocimycolidae, Alacrena, Apticoccidae, Arnoldidae, Burmacoccidae, Coelostomidiidae, Electrococcidae, Grimaldiellidae, Grohnidae, Jersicoccidae, Kozariidae, Kukaspididae, Kuwaniidae, Labiococcidae, Lebanococcidae, Lithuanicoccidae, Macrodrilidae, Magnilens, Margarodidae, Matsucoccidae, Monophlebidae, Pedicellicoccus, Pennygullaniidae, Pityococcidae, Putoidae, Xiphos, Hammanococcidae
Subtaxa: Burmorthezia Cretorthezia Newsteadiinae Ochyrocoris Ortheziinae Palaeonewsteadia Protorthezia Wathondara
Type: Orthezia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2), Myanmar (2)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences