Gregorites skadii Drohojowska and Szwedo 2024 (whitefly)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aleyrodidae

Full reference: J. Drohojowska and J. Szwedo. 2024. Taxonomic names, in First whiteflies from the Eocene amber of Denmark. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69:649-676

Belongs to Gregorites according to J. Drohojowska and J. Szwedo 2024

Sister taxa: Gregorites aegiri, Gregorites bergelmiri, Gregorites bestlae, Gregorites halogii, Gregorites michalskii, Gregorites thrymi, Gregorites ymiri

Type specimen: NHMD 38967, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection)

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