Gregorites Drohojowska & Szwedo, 2024

Drohojowska, Jowita, Śladowska, Joanna & Szwedo, Jacek, 2024, First whiteflies from the Eocene amber of Denmark, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69 (4), pp. 649-676 : 671

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01173.2024

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87DB-FF86-FFBD-66CC-FC0BF9C0E5FE

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Gregorites Drohojowska & Szwedo
status

 

Key to species of Gregorites Drohojowska & Szwedo gen. nov.

1. Vein CuA, branches Rs and CuA reaching margin of fore wing ( Fig. 5A View Fig 1 View Fig ); hind wing strongly narrowed basally and strongly wide apically ( Fig. 5A View Fig 2 View Fig ), almost all parts of body covered by very tiny, densely dispersed hairs ............................................................... ....................... Gregorites thrymi Drohojowska & Szwedo sp. nov.

– Vein CuA, branches R1, Rs and CuA not reaching margin of fore wing; hind wing not strongly narrowed basally; body not covered by hairs ................................................................................ 2

2. Fore wing with vein Rs arcuate, directed towards the posteroapical angle ( Fig. 4A View Fig 1 View Fig ); length of fore wing 1.2 mm .................... ....................... Gregorites bestlae Drohojowska & Szwedo sp. nov.

– Fore wing with vein Rs straight, length of fore wing more than 1.3 mm ................................................................................................... 3

3. Hind wing very short and broad ( Fig. 2A 2 View Fig ), mesopostnotum diamond-shaped, anterior margin strongly rounded about 1.2 times longer than its width ( Fig. 2A View Fig 6 View Fig ) ....................................................... ............ Gregorites bergelmiri Drohojowska & Szwedo sp. nov.

– Hind wing in different shape, mesopostnotum triangular shaped, wider than long or in equal size ....................................................... 4

4. Fore wing with vein CuP longer than half of length of fore wing ( Fig. 1A 1 View Fig ) .................................................................................................. .......................... Gregorites aegiri Drohojowska & Szwedo sp. nov.

– Fore wing with vein CuP shorter than half of length of fore wing ................................................................................................................. 5

5. Compound eyes with anterior margin shallowly incised, ommatidia in upper and lower portion of compound eyes differentiated ( Fig. 7A View Fig 9 View Fig ) ......................................................................................... ......................... Gregorites ymiri Drohojowska & Szwedo sp. nov.

– Compound eyes with anterior margin convex and not incised, ommatidia not differentiated .............................................................. 6

6. Fore wing gradually widening towards the apex ( Fig. 6A View Fig 1 View Fig , A 13), length of fore wing more 1.6 mm, width more 0.8 ............................... .......................... Gregorites halogii Drohojowska & Szwedo sp. nov.

– Fore wing more than 2 times as long as wide ( Fig. 3A View Fig 1 View Fig ), length of fore wing 1.38 mm, width 0.56 ............................................................ ........................ Gregorites skadii Drohojowska & Szwedo sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Aleyrodidae

Genus

Gregorites

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