Valid Names Results
Kozarius Vea & Grimaldi, 2015 (
Kozariidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Kozarius
Vea & Grimaldi
2015: 20.
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Kozarius differs from other fossil genera by the combination of the following characters: body minute, head large, compound eyes bulging, with less than 100 ommatidia; antenna with filiform segments, capitate and fleshy setae on apical segment; prescutum vertically elongate (vs. oval or horizontally elongate in other families), without prescutal setae, scutellum rhombus or subrhombus shaped; wings hyaline, without microtrichia or pterostigma, with a subcostal ridge extending to 3/4 wing length, cubital ridge and posterior flexing patch present; hamulohalteres present, long and narrow (leaf shaped in several archaeococcoid families, but similar to, e.g., Ortheziidae); legs slender, tarsus 1-segmented, shorter than tibia; claw thin and elongate, almost uncurved, claw digitules slightly clavate, claw denticle absent; abdomen with tubular ducts on tergites VI and VII. Genital segment with exceptionally elongate and apically curved penial sheath. (Vea & Grimaldi, 2015)
- General Remarks: Description and illustrations in Vea & Grimaldi, 2015.
Keys
Associated References
- VeaGr2015:
description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, pp. 19-20
- WilliaDe2020:
taxonomy, pp. 198
2 Species