Powell, E.C., Miller, D.R., & Keller, O. 2024 Barbenigma Powell & Miller, a bizarre new genus and two new species of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Ortheziidae) from the United States. Zootaxa https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.2.4

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  • phylogeny
  • revision
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    • Notes: A new genus described herein, Barbenigma Powell & Miller, gen. nov., stretches our current concept of Ortheziidae. Sharing character states of both families, Barbenigma Powell & Miller gen. nov. supports a close relationship between the Ortheziidae and Carayonemidae. Our phylogenetic analysis using morphological characters supports that the four species previously placed in the family Carayonemidae and the two new species of Barbenigma form a monophyletic group that we place within the Ortheziidae as the subfamily Carayoneminae Richard new synonymy and change of rank.

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