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Gilderius eukrinops Vea & Grimaldi, 2015 (Pseudococcidae: Gilderius)

Nomenclatural History

• Gilderius eukrinops Vea & Grimaldi 2015: 54. Type data: MYANMAR: Kachin: near Tanai village. Albian-Cenomanian boundary.. Holotype, male, by original designation Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; accepted valid name Notes: In a 3 × 4 × 1 yellow, transparent, polished amber piece with some debris; specimen is in good condition, but tilted and bent, the wings spread but hardly visible; accessible views are the ventral and dorsal surfaces of the abdomen and dorsum of the head. Illustr.

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• Structure: Body minute; head round, separated from thorax by a neck constriction, with two pairs of simple eyes of same size, not joining medially on both sides; antenna 10-segmented with setae shorter than segment width; basisternum without a median ridge; wings oval, hamulohalteres not visible; legs slender, tarsus 1-segmented, tarsal digitule, claw digitule and denticle absent; abdominal segments VII and VIII with wax filaments protruding posterioly, indicating glandular pouches; penial sheath subtriangular. (Vea & Grimaldi, 2015)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Vea & Grimaldi, 2015.

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