New fossil taxa of Monophlebidae (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) from Baltic amber

Abstract

abstract. The family Monophlebidae is distributed worldwide and is classified as one of the "archaeococcoid" families. After almost 160 years since Germar & Berendt (1856) described the first and so far only fossil monophlebid species, Monophlebus irregularis, two new fossil species of a new and undoubtedly monophlebid genus Palaeophlebus gen. n. are described from Baltic amber. Morphological features of the new genus and its two species, P. hoffeinorum sp. n. and P. kotejai sp. n., are discussed.

Four Most Pathogenic Superfamilies of Insect Pests of Suborder Sternorrhyncha: Invisible Superplunderers of Plant Vitality

“…Nearly 8000 species of plant-eating hemipterans from 32 families make up the superfamily Coccoidea [ 58 , 59 , 60 ]. As adapted insect pests, they exhibit several highly specific morphological, genetic, and biological characteristics.…”

Aphids, true hoppers, jumping plant-lice, scale insects, true bugs and whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera) from the Insect Limestone (latest Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK

“…The scarcity of scale insects among Palaeogene fossils is still a puzzle, but the number of species representing both archeococcids (Orthezioidea) and neococcids (Coccoidea) are known from fossil resins (Koteja 2000a, b, 2001, 2004, 2008; Koteja & Azar 2008; Vea & Grimaldi 2012, 2015; Simon & Żyła 2015; Wang et al . 2015).…”

“…The scarcity of scale insects among Palaeogene fossils is still a puzzle, but the number of species representing both archeococcids (Orthezioidea) and neococcids (Coccoidea) are known from fossil resins (Koteja 2000a(Koteja , b, 2001(Koteja , 2004(Koteja , 2008Koteja & Azar 2008;Vea & Grimaldi 2012Simon & Ż yła 2015;Wang et al 2015). The oldest neococcids are known from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber, and in the Palaeogene they represent a diverse group.…”

“…The scarcity of scale insect (Coccidomorpha) fossils is still a puzzle, but numbers of species representing both archeococcids and neococcids are known from fossil resins (Koteja 2000a(Koteja , b, 2001(Koteja , 2008Koteja & Azar 2008;Vea & Grimaldi 2012Simon & Ż yła 2015;Wang et al 2015). Compression fossils of scale insects are documented from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia (Koteja 1988(Koteja , 1989 and England (Koteja 1999) representing archeococcids (Matsucoccidae and Xylococcidae), Oligocene of North America (Scudder 1890), Miocene of Sicily (Pampaloni 1902(Pampaloni , 1903Koteja & Ben-Dov 2003), Eocene of Germany (Wappler & Ben-Dov 2008) and Miocene of Germany (Zeuner 1938;Koteja 2000b) -representing neococcids (Diaspididae) -and the Miocene of Darjeeling in India (Bera et al 2006).…”

Parámetros poblacionales y descripción de los instares ninfales de protortonia ecuadorensis (Hemiptera : Monophlebidae).

“…Las escamas, pertenecen al suborden Sternorrhyncha, que alberga al menos 16000 especies descritas, divididas en cuatro grandes grupos fitófagos: superfamilia Psylloidea (psiloides o pulgones saltadores), Aphidoidea (áfidos), Aleyrodoidea (moscas blancas) y Coccoidea (escamas o cochinillas) (Gullan & Martin, 2009). Esta última superfamilia Coccoidea abarca cerca de 8000 especies distribuidas en 32 familias actuales (Gullan & Cook, 2007) y 43-49 incluyendo las familias extintas (Hodgson & Hardy, 2013;Simón & Zyla, 2015).…”