Parvaverrucosidae

Parvaverrucosidae is an extinct insect family in the aphid superfamily (Aphidoidea), of the order Hemiptera.[1] It contains the monotypic genus and species Parvaverrucosa annulata known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar. First described in 2005,[2][3] the genus was redescribed in 2019, which found it to be in the superfamily Palaeoaphidoidea[4]

Parvaverrucosidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Aphidoidea
Family: โ€ Parvaverrucosidae
Species:
Poinar & Brown, 2006
Binomial name
Parvaverrucosa annulata
Poinar & Brown, 2006

References

  1. Parvaverrucosidae at Paleobiology Database
  2. G. Poinar and A. E. Brown. 2005. New Aphidoidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) in Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107:835-845
  3. G. O. Poinar and A. E. Brown. 2006. Remarks on Parvaverrucosa annulata (=Verrucosa annulata Poinar and Brown 2005) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphidoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108:734-735
  4. Wegierek, Piotr; Cai, Chenyang; Huang, Diying (August 2019). "Detailed descriptions of a female and male of the aphids family Parvaverrucosidae (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar revealed their new systematic position". Cretaceous Research. 100: 39โ€“45. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.019.


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