Valid Names Results

Matsucoccus saxonicus Koteja, 1986 (Matsucoccidae: Matsucoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Matsucoccus saxonicus Koteja 1986: 56. Type data: GERMANY: inclusion in Saxonian amber (Bitterfeld).. Holotype, female and first instar, Type depository: Berlin: Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Biology: A fossil scale insects, described from two male inclusions (holotype and paratype) in Saxonian amber, dated from the Miocene, about 22 million years (Koteja, 1986).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult male by Koteja (1986).

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