Parvaverrucosa Explained

Parvaverrucosa is an insect genus in the extinct, monotypic family Parvaverrucosidae, of the order Hemiptera.[1] It contains the monotypic species Parvaverrucosa annulata known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar. First described in 2005,[2] [3] the genus was redescribed in 2019, which found it to be in the superfamily Palaeoaphidoidea[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=222920 Parvaverrucosidae
  2. G. Poinar and A. E. Brown. 2005. New Aphidoidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) in Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107:835-845
  3. G. O. Poinar and A. E. Brown. 2006. Remarks on Parvaverrucosa annulata (=Verrucosa annulata Poinar and Brown 2005) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphidoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108:734-735
  4. Wegierek. Piotr. Cai. Chenyang. Huang. Diying. August 2019. 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. Cretaceous Research. en. 100. 39–45. 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.019. 134844746 .