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

Basing on new materials from Burmese amber, the paper presents a redescription of a female and a description of a male of Parvaverrucosa annulata Poinar and Brown, 2006. Up till now the family Parvaverrucosidae has been included into the “Aphidina vivipara” group. However, new, well-preserved inclus...

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Published in:Cretaceous research 2019-08, Vol.100, p.39-45
Main Authors: Wegierek, Piotr, Cai, Chenyang, Huang, Diying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ants
Aphids
Burmese amber
Hemiptera
Pre-adaptation to mutualistic relations
Sternorrhyncha
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Summary:Basing on new materials from Burmese amber, the paper presents a redescription of a female and a description of a male of Parvaverrucosa annulata Poinar and Brown, 2006. Up till now the family Parvaverrucosidae has been included into the “Aphidina vivipara” group. However, new, well-preserved inclusions of this species testify to transferring the family to “Aphidina vivipara”. The structure of apical parts of abdomen suggests that pre-adaptations to subsequent mutualistic relationships between aphids and ants might have developed in early Cenomanian.
ISSN:0195-6671
1095-998X
DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.019