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Balticococcus spinosus

Insecta - Hemiptera - Eriococcidae

Taxonomy
Balticococcus spinosus was named by Koteja (1988). Its type specimen is MZW 15493, a nymph (first instar larva), and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland. It is the type species of Balticococcus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Balticococcus spinosus Koteja p. 514 figs. 25-33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderSternorrhyncha()
—AphidiformesSchlee 1969
infraorderCoccidomorphaHeslop-Harrison 1952
—NeococcoideaBorchsenius 1950
familyEriococcidae
genusBalticococcus
speciesspinosus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Balticococcus spinosus Koteja 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available