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Weitschatidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8557641https://www.gbif.org/species/8557641
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)312956https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=312956
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Weitschatidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-ClareocercariaProkop et al. 2017
-Acercaria
superorderPancondylognathaYoshizawa and Leinhard 2016
-CondylognathaBörner 1904
orderHemipteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderSternorrhyncha
superfamilyCoccoideaFallen 1814
familyWeitschatidaeKoteja 2008
Scientific NameWeitschatidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Weitschatidaefamilybelongs to Orthezioideastated with evidenceKoteja, 2008
Weitschatidaefamilybelongs to Coccoideastated with evidenceVea and Grimaldi, 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Koteja. 2008. Xylococcidae and related groups (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from Baltic amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 49:19-56

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Criniverticillus
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudoweitschatus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Weitschatus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1338.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2008Weitschatidae Koteja p. 39
2015Weitschatidae Vea and Grimaldi p. 15

References

Koteja J. (2008) Xylococcidae and related groups (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from Baltic amber, Prace Muzeum Ziemi 49, 19-56
Vea I. M., Grimaldi D. A. (2015) Diverse new scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a phylogenetic framework for fossil Coccoidea, American Museum Novitates 3823, 1-80
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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