Published January 16, 2015 | Version v1
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Hodgsonicoccus Vea & Grimaldi 2015, new genus

Description

Hodgsonicoccus, new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Hodgsonicoccus patefactus, n. sp., by present designation and monotypy.

OCCURRENCE: Lebanon: North Lebanon: Bchare Mountain. Early Cretaceous.

ETYMOLOGY: The genus is named after Christopher J. Hodgson, who has contributed immensely to our understanding of the adult male morphology of coccoids, especially in the lesser-known families. Gender: masculine.

DIAGNOSIS: As for family.

SPECIES INCLUDED: H. patefactus, n. sp.

Notes

Published as part of Vea, Isabelle M. & Grimaldi, David A., 2015, Diverse new scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a phylogenetic framework for fossil Coccoidea, pp. 1-80 in American Museum Novitates 2015 (3823) on page 29, DOI: 10.1206/3823.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5367923

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Biodiversity

Family
Hodgsonicoccidae
Genus
Hodgsonicoccus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Vea & Grimaldi
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Hodgsonicoccus Vea & Grimaldi, 2015