Valid Names Results

Pityococcus moniliformalis Vea & Grimaldi, 2015 (Pityococcidae: Pityococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pityococcus moniliformalis Vea & Grimaldi 2015: 31-34. Type data: RUSSIA: Baltic amber, Palmnicken mines in Yantaryni, on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Holotype, male, by original designation Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Remarks

• Systematics: Pityococcus moniliformalis differs from Pityococcus sp. in Hodgson and Foldi (2006) by the following characters: length of antennal segments proportionally shorter than Pityococcus sp. (Hodgson and Foldi, 2006); large bristle on antennal segment VIII absent (vs. present); tarsal digitule finely clavate and long (vs. absent). (Vea & Grimaldi, 2015)
• Structure: Male small, total length 1.13 mm long, widest at mesothorax, 315 µm. Head: Almost round, 205 µm wide, 145 µm long. Dorsal median crest absent, postoccipital suture absent, setae not observed. Ocular sclerite broad, extending as a wide lateral band and meeting ventrally; ocular sclerite with five pairs of simple eyes along anterior margin; ventral and dorsal eyes larger than lateral eyes (30 µm and 20 µm wide respectively), ventral eyes not joining medially; ocelli present laterally. Ventral part of epicranium with wide ventral medial crest, with ca. 10 setae. Setae also present on the rest of ventral part of epicranium, anteriorly. Ventral midcranial ridge present, extending to posterior end of head. Antenna 9-segmented. (Vea & Grimaldi, 2015)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and photograph in Vea & Grimaldi, 2015.

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