Pseudoweitschatus, Vea & Grimaldi, 2015

Vea, Isabelle M. & Grimaldi, David A., 2015, Diverse new scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in amber from the Cretaceous and Eocene with a phylogenetic framework for fossil Coccoidea, American Museum Novitates 2015 (3823), pp. 1-80 : 16

Pseudoweitschatus , new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Pseudoweitschatus audebertis , n. sp., by present designation and monotypy.

OCCURRENCE: Myanmar: Kachin: near Tanai village. Albian-Cenomanian boundary.

ETYMOLOGY: The generic name refers to the close similarity of this genus to Weitschatus Koteja described in Koteja (2008). Gender: masculine.

GENERIC DIAGNOSIS (macropterous male): Pseudoweitschatus , n. gen., differs from Weitschatus by the combination of the following characters: antennal apical segment with curved bristles (vs. absent); hamulohaltere leaf-shaped (vs. bilobed); claw digitule spinose (vs. clavate); dorsal abdominal segments VII and VIII each with a single row of tubular ducts (vs. two to four rows of pores); small caudal extensions absent (vs. present); penial sheath triangular and short.

INCLUDED SPECIES: P. audebertis , n. sp.