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Apticoccus longitenuis Vea & Grimaldi, 2015 (Apticoccidae: Apticoccus)

Apticoccus longitenuis Vea & Grimaldi 2015: 37-39. Type data: LEBANON: Central Lebanon: Ain Dara, Caza Baabda, Mouhafazet Jabal Loubnon . Early Cretaceous. Holotype, male, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: in a 3 × 2.5 × 0.5 mm yellow, transparent, rectangular amber piece, embedded in Canada balsam and mounted in epoxy between two coverslips; specimen entire and in good condition with wings spread, dorsal surface slightly darkened, ventral surface mostly covered by a large air bubble; accessible views: ventral and dorsal Illustr.

Countries: 1

Systematics: A. longitenuis differs from other Apticoccus spp. by the following characters: head narrow, thorax wide, abdomen wide but abruptly tapering, penial sheath long and needlelike, ca. 1/4 body length. (Vea & Grimaldi, 2015)
General Remarks: Detailed description and photographs in Vea & Grimaldi, 2015.

VeaGr2015: description of male, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, phylogeny, taxonomy, 37-39, 63, 66