Family Hammanococcidae

Hammanococcus Koteja & Azar

NOMENCLATURE:

Hammanococcus Koteja & Azar, 2008: 139. Type species: Hammanococcus setosus Koteja & Azar, by original designation.

GENERAL REMARKS: Description and definition (based on adult male) by Koteja & Azar (2008).

SYSTEMATICS: The genus Hammonococcus is the type genus of the family Hammonococcidae. The family was defined as Coelostomidiid-like archeococcids with abdomen strongly tapered; 6th segment with lateral groups of conspicuous setae dorsally and 7th segment with long sternal medial setae; penial sheath long, narrow, slightly bent (Koteja & Azar, 2008). The genus Hammonococcus was defined: Medium sized archeococcid, with compound eyes inserted laterally; long, 10-segmented antennae, bearing numerous conspicuous setae, but without knobbed setae on any joint; transversely oval prescutum, triangular scutellum, mesopostnotum separated from scutellum by a large membrane; mesosternum without medial ridge; legs long, tibia with a group of minute apical setae, tarsal digitules not differentiated, claw thin, without denticles, with 2 knobbed digitules longer than claw; alar lobe for holding hamuli well developed, haltere leaflike, with 2 or 3 setae; abdomen tapering, with conspicuous setae on 6th segment dorsally, and on 7th segment ventrally; penial sheath narrow, long, slightly bent, with minute setae and a group of cupolae on apex.

KEYS: Koteja & Azar 2008: 135 (male) [Lebanese amber inclusions].

CITATIONS: KotejaAz2008 [taxonomy, description: 139-141, 133-167].

Hammanococcus setosus Koteja & Azar

NOMENCLATURE:

Hammanococcus setosus Koteja & Azar, 2008: 139. Type data: LEBANON: Lower Cretaceous, Mdeyrij/Hammana, Caza Baabda, Mouhafazet Jabal Loubnan (Central Lebanon). Holotype. Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; type no. HAM555E. Described: male.

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Lebanon [KotejaAz2008].

GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of alate male by Koteja & Azar (2008).

SYSTEMATICS: This species was described from the alate male inclusion in Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Koteja & Azar, 2008).

CITATIONS: HodgsoHa2013 [phylogeny, taxonomy: 799]; KotejaAz2008 [taxonomy, description, illustration, distribution: 139-141].

Hammanococcus sp.

NOMENCLATURE:

Hammanococcus sp. Koteja & Azar, 2008: 141. Type data: LEBANON: Lower Cretaceous, Mdeyrij/Hammana, Caza Baabda, Mouhafazet Jabal Loubnan (Central Lebanon).. Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; type no. HAM-475. Described: immature.

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Lebanon [KotejaAz2008].

SYSTEMATICS: Koteja & Azar (2008), upon describing this un-named species indicated "Among the Lebanese inclusions there are two larvae of considerable size and coelostomidiid-monophlebid appearance". It has been assumed that they may be related to the Hammanococcidae. Material examined.