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A new whitefly from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae)
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BiologyTerrestrial ArthropodNew WhiteflyArthropod TaxonomyPhylogeneticsNatural SciencesEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyCretaceous PeriodFossil ResinEvolutionary TaxonomyCretaceous BirdAbstract BaetylusSubfamily AleyrodinaePaleobotany
Abstract Baetylus kahramanus gen. et sp.n. from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber is described, based on an adult male specimen. It is the second representative of subfamily Aleyrodinae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) and the third aleyrodid from this fossil resin. Morphological features of the new genus and species are discussed as well as evolutionary and biogeographic importance of this fossil.