FOSSIL COCCIDS DO EXIST

Authors

  • J. KOTEJA Agricultural University, al Mickiewicza 24, 30-059 Kracow, Poland.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15162/0425-1016/806

Abstract

FOSSILS COCCIDS DO EXIST.

Scale insects (Coccinea) have been discovered in almost all Tertiary and Cretaceous amber and in a few other deposits, and the number of known coccid fossils has increased from about 100 to approximately 900 in the last twenty years. This material represents a variety of forms and constitutes a reliable basis for serious palaeo-entomological studies.

Key words: fossil abundance, Eocene, Mesozoic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Baltic amber, Ortheziidae, Xylococcidae, Matsucoccidae, Electrococcidae, Monophlebidae, Putoidae, Eriococcidae, Inkaidae, Kermesidae, Diaspididae.

Author Biography

J. KOTEJA, Agricultural University, al Mickiewicza 24, 30-059 Kracow, Poland.

Department of Zoology and Ecology, Cracow

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Published

2016-12-02

Issue

Vol. 33 (1999)

Section

Articoli