Electromyrmococcus
Name:
Electromyrmococcus
(amber ant Coccus).
Phonetic: E-lek-tro-me-r-mo-cok-kus.
Named By: D. J. Williams - 2001.
Classification: Arthropoda, Insecta, Hemiptera,
Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecinae.
Species: E. abductus (type),
E. inclusus, E. reginae
Diet: Herbivore/sap drinker.
Size: 0.7 millimetres long for E. abductus,
0.76 millimetres long for E. inclusus, 0.8 millimetres long
for E. reginae.
Known locations: Dominican Republic - La Toca
Formation.
Time period: Burdigalian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Few individuals preserved in
amber.
Electromyrmococcus is a genus of mealybug that lived in the Dominican Republic during the Miocene. At the time of writing there are three species assigned to the genus.
Further reading
- Descriptions of a new genus and three new species of Rhizoecinae
(Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with ants of the genus Acropyga
Roger in Dominican amber. - American Museum Novitates 3335:1-18.
- D. J. Williams - 2001.
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