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Issue: Vol. 5727 No. 1: 8 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5727.1.15
Page range: 216-222
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A new genus and species of mid-Cretaceous whitefly—Patsenga danielburckhardti gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) from amber of Kachin, Myanmar

Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; PL 40-007 Katowice; Poland
Institute of Biology; Biotechnology and Environmental Protection; Faculty of Natural Sciences; University of Silesia; 9; Bankowa St.; PL 40-007 Katowice; Poland
Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions; Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology; University of Gdańsk; 59; Wita Stwosza St.; PL80-308 Gdańsk; Poland
Hemiptera Bernaeinae Cenomanian amber morphology fossil

Abstract

A new genus and species of Bernaeinae whiteflies from the early Cenomanian Kachin (Myanmar) amber is described. Patsenga danielburckhardti Drohojowska et Szwedo gen. et sp. nov. is the third representative of Bernaeinae from Kachin amber, exhibiting a combination of plesiomorphic characteristics, including the retention of a median ocellus, and the presence of vein M, alongside apomorphic states that are also shared with other contemporaneous Bernaeinae from this fossil resin. Morphological characters of the newly described fossil are briefly discussed.

 

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How to Cite

Drohojowska, J., Franielczyk-Pietyra, B. & Szwedo, J. (2025) A new genus and species of mid-Cretaceous whitefly—Patsenga danielburckhardti gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) from amber of Kachin, Myanmar. Zootaxa, 5727 (1), 216–222. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5727.1.15