Valid Names Results
Mixorthezia dominicana Vea & Gimaldi, 2012 (Ortheziidae: Mixorthezia)Nomenclatural History
- Mixorthezia dominicana Vea & Gimaldi 2012: 769-770. Type data: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Miocene. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; accepted valid name Notes: In amber. Extinct. Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Dominican Republic | VeaGi2012
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Mixorthezia kozari differs from M. dominicana as follows: by the third antennal segment being relatively shorter (35.5% vs 41% of total antennal length) and the apical seta significantly longer than subapical seta (vs apical subapical setae of subequal lengths in M. dominicana), marginal wax lobes much more developed than submedian and median lobes (vs marginal wax lobes as developed as submedian and median lobes in M. dominicana), and frontal lobes fused (vs separated). (Vea & Grimaldi, 2012)
- Structure: Adult female. Body elongate oval, dorsoventrally flattened. Antennae 4-segmented, inserted at frontal margin ventrally, distance between antennae 80 ìm, with slightly clavate apical segment. Eyestalks protruding. Wax lobes well developed but transparent due to preservation; consisting of nine marginal lobes, a frontal lobe barely protruding from body margin, caudal lobe protruding from anal ring. Dorsal wax lobes consist of eight submedian and eight paramedian pairs, all symmetrical and arranged segmentally from head to abdominal segments. (Vea & Grimaldi, 2012)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration in Vea & Grimaldi, 2012.
