Electromyrmococcus

Electromyrmococcus
Temporal range: Burdigalian
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E. abductus carried by Acropyga glaesaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Pseudococcidae
Subfamily: Rhizoecinae
Genus: †Electromyrmococcus
Williams, 2001
Species
  • †E. abductus
  • †E. inclusus
  • †E. reginae

Electromyrmococcus is an extinct genus of mealybug in the Pseudococcidae subfamily Rhizoecinae.[1] The genus currently contains three species, all[1] from the early Miocene, Burdigalian stage, Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola.[2]

  1. ^ a b Johnson, C.; et al. (2001). "Acropyga and Azteca Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with Scale Insects (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea): 20 Million Years of Intimate Symbiosis" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3335): 1–18. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)335<0001:AAAAHF>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 55067700.
  2. ^ Iturralde-Vinent, M. A.; MacPhee, R. D. E. (1996). "Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber". Science. 273 (5283): 1850–1852. Bibcode:1996Sci...273.1850I. doi:10.1126/science.273.5283.1850. S2CID 129754021.