Poinar, G. 2020 Macrodrilidae fam. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea), a new family of scale insects in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1733549

Keywords:

  • description
  • distribution
  • genebank
  • illustration
  • male
  • taxonomy

    • Notes: A new family, genus and species of scale insect is described from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The male specimen of Macrodrilus bostrychus gen et sp. nov. in the new family Macrodrilidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) possesses unique features that together, prohibit its placement in an extant or extinct family