Valid Names Results

Balticococcus oblicus Koteja, 1988 (Eriococcidae: Balticococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Balticococcus oblicus Koteja 1988c: 512-514. Type data: DENMARK: Jutland, Baltic amber, 03/05/1952, by C.V. Henningsen. Holotype, immature, by original designation Type depository: Copenhagen: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Department of Entomology, Denmark; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Koteja1988c: pp.506 ( First instar ) [Eriococcidae first instars]

Remarks

• Systematics: First instar in amber with: enlarged setae conical, slightly curved, sides slightly concave, apices acute, all setae of approximately same size, mediolateral setae present from head to segment 7, medial setae present on head to segment 1, 1 lateral seta on margin of each abdominal segment; anal lobes each apparently with 3 enlarged setae (Koteja, 1988c). Very similar to many first instars of contemporary species of Eriococcus.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Koteja (1988c).

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