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Pityococcidae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Pityococcidae

Taxonomy
Pityococcidae was named by McKenzie (1942). It is extant. Its type is Pityococcus.

It was assigned to Coccoidea by Vea and Grimaldi (2015); and to Archecoccoidea by Szwedo (2018).

Subtaxa
Pityococcus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pityococcidae McKenzie
2015Pityococcidae Vea and Grimaldi p. 31
2018Pityococcidae Szwedo p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderSternorrhyncha()
superfamilyCoccoideaFallen 1814
familyPityococcidaeMcKenzie 1942
familyPityococcidaeMcKenzie 1942

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Pityococcidae McKenzie 1942
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G. Pityococcus McKenzie 1942
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†Pityococcus moniliformalis Vea and Grimaldi 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Pityococcus moniliformalis (123493)