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Mixorthezia kozari Vea & Gimaldi, 2012 (Ortheziidae: Mixorthezia)

Mixorthezia kozari Vea & Gimaldi 2012: 769. Type data: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Miocene. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; accepted valid name Notes: In amber. Extinct. Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: Mixorthezia kozari differs from M. dominicana as follows: by the third antennal segment being relatively shorter (35.5% vs 41% of total antennal length) and the apical seta significantly longer than subapical seta (vs apical subapical setae of subequal lengths in M. dominicana), marginal wax lobes much more developed than submedian and median lobes (vs marginal wax lobes as developed as submedian and median lobes in M. dominicana), and frontal lobes fused (vs separated). (Vea & Grimaldi, 2012)
Structure: Adult female. Body pear-shaped, dorsoventrally flattened, head narrow with greatest width on first abdominal segments.Antennae 4-segmented, inserted ventrally at frontal margin, Eyestalk protruding. Wax covering made transparent by preservation in amber, completely covering dorsum; with eight pairs marginal lobes, frontal lobe separated from lateral lobes, eighth lobe almost completely covering ovisac, caudal lobe half the length of eigth lobe; with seven rows small, faint separated median and submedian lobes. All wax lobes inclined posteriad. (Vea & Grimaldi, 2012)
General Remarks: Description and illustration in Vea & Grimaldi, 2012.