Family Electrococcidae
Apticoccus Koteja & AzarNOMENCLATURE:
Apticoccus Koteja & Azar, 2008: 156. Type species: Apticoccus minutus Koteja & Azar, by monotypy and original designation.
GENERAL REMARKS: Descriprion and definition (Based on adult male only) by Koteja & Azar (2008).
CITATIONS: KotejaAz2008 [taxonomy, description: 156-158].
Apticoccus minutus Koteja & AzarNOMENCLATURE:
Apticoccus minutus Koteja & Azar, 2008: 156-158. Type data: LEBANON: Central Lebanon, Caza Baabda, Mouhafazat Jabal Loubnan, in Lebanese amber, Lower Creataceous, Medyrij\Hammana. Holotype male. Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; type no. Coc0847. Described: male. Illust.
DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Lebanon [KotejaAz2008].
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult male by Koteja & Azar (2008).
SYSTEMATICS: This species was described from a single male included in Lower Creataceous Lebanese amber, collected at Central Lebanon, Caza Baabda, Mouhafazat Jabal Loubnan, Medyrij\Hammana.
CITATIONS: KotejaAz2008 [taxonomy, description, illustration, distribution: 156-158].
Electrococcus BeardsleyNOMENCLATURE:
Electrococcus Beardsley, 1969: 271. Type species: Electrococcus canadensis Beardsley, by monotypy and original designation.
KEYS: Koteja 2000: 172 (male) [genera of the family].
CITATIONS: Beards1969 [taxonomy, description: 270-279]; Koteja1996a [taxonomy: 85]; Koteja2000 [taxonomy: 172]; Koteja2000c [taxonomy: 206].
Electrococcus canadensis BeardsleyNOMENCLATURE:
Electrococcus canadensis Beardsley, 1969: 273. Type data: CANADA: Manitoba, Cedar Lake, preserved in Canadian amber. Holotype male. Type depository: Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Entomology Department, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA; type no. MCZ6623. Described: male. Illust.
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: Canada (Manitoba [Beards1969]).
SYSTEMATICS: A fossil insect preserved in amber, almost certainly of Upper Cretaceous age (Beardsley, 1969).
CITATIONS: Beards1969 [taxonomy, description, illustration, distribution: 270-279]; Koteja1999 [taxonomy: 35]; Koteja2000 [taxonomy, description: 169-172]; Koteja2000c [taxonomy: 206].
Turonicoccus KotejaNOMENCLATURE:
Turonicoccus Koteja, 2000: 172. Type species: Turonicoccus beardsleyi Koteja, by original designation.
CITATIONS: Koteja2000 [taxonomy, description: 172-176]; Koteja2000c [taxonomy: 206].
Turonicoccus beardsleyi KotejaNOMENCLATURE:
Turonicoccus beardsleyi Koteja, 2000: 172. Type data: USA: New Jersey, White Oaks Pits, Sayreville, Middlesex County; New Jersey Amber inclusion, Upper Cretaceous (Turonian); New Jersey, 1996, leg. K. Luzzi. Holotype male. Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; type no. NJ-446. Described: male. Illust.
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: United States of America (New Jersey [Koteja2000]).
GENERAL REMARKS: A fossil scale insect described from the adult male (holotype and four paratypes) included in New Jersey amber, Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) (Koteja, 2000).
KEYS: Koteja 2000: 172 (male) [genus].
CITATIONS: Koteja2000 [taxonomy, description, illustration, distribution: 172-174, 213-220]; Koteja2000c [taxonomy: 206].
Turonicoccus grimaldii KotejaNOMENCLATURE:
Turonicoccus grimaldii Koteja, 2000: 174. Type data: USA: New Jersey, White Oaks Pits, Sayreville, Middlesex County; New Jersey Amber inclusion, Upper Cretaceous (Turonian); New Jersey 1993, leg. David Grimaldi. Holotype male. Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; type no. NJ-026. Described: male. Illust.
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: United States of America (New Jersey [Koteja2000]).
GENERAL REMARKS: A fossil scale insect described from the adult male (holotype and two paratypes) included in New Jersey amber, Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) (Koteja, 2000).
KEYS: Koteja 2000: 172 (male) [genus].
CITATIONS: Koteja2000 [taxonomy, description, illustration, distribution: 174-176, 221-222]; Koteja2000c [taxonomy: 206].