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Albicoccus dimai

Description

Albicoccus is an extinct genus of scale insect in the extinct monotypic family Albicoccidae, containing a single species, Albicoccus dimai. The genus is solely known from the Albian - Cenomanian Burmese amber deposits.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8569153https://www.gbif.org/species/8569153
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)213410https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=213410
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Albicoccidae : Albicoccus : Albicoccus dimai
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Albicoccidae : Albicoccus : Albicoccus dimai
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
familyAlbicoccidaeKoteja 2004
genusAlbicoccusKoteja 2004
speciesAlbicoccus dimaiKoteja 2004
Generic NameAlbicoccus
Scientific NameAlbicoccus dimai Koteja, 2004
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Albicoccus dimaispeciesbelongs to Albicoccusstated with evidenceKoteja, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Koteja. 2004. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from Cretaceous Myanmar (Burmese) amber. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2:109-114
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albicoccus_dimai

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2004Albicoccus dimai Koteja p. 111 figs. Pl 2, fig 2; text-fig 2

References

Koteja J. (2004) Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccinea) from Cretaceous Myanmar (Burmese) amber, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2, 109-114
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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