Genus Medocellodes Drohojowska et Szwedo, gen. nov. LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 9B416314-2B68-463A-A11F-F47070A2C44E Type species. Medocellodes blackmani Drohojowska et Szwedo sp. nov.; by original designation and monotypy. Diagnosis. Male characters. Median ocellus present (absent in Eocene Aleyrodidae); antennae with seven antennomeres, antennomeres separated (six antennomeres in Paernis Drohojowska et Szwedo, 2011 and Rovnodicus Drohojowska et Szwedo, 2015), last antennomere not elongated and narrower then preceding ones (similarly as in Paernis), 3 rd /4 th antennomere length ratio 3.2 (1.3 in Paernis, 1.4 in Rovnodicus); forewing with distinct CuA (absent in Paernis and Rovnodicus); vertex with incomplete coronal suture, vertex concave lateral and anterior margin thickly elevate. Description. See description of the species, the genus is monotypic so far. Etymology. The generic name is a combination of its unique feature – the presence of median ocellus – and the generic name Aleyrodes. Gender: masculine.
Published as part of Drohojowska, Jowita, Tomanek, Natalia, Gröhn, Carsten & Szwedo, Jacek, 2022, A second Aleurodicinae from the Eocene Baltic amber-Medocellodes blackmani gen. et sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae), pp. 245-253 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on page 246, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.19, http://zenodo.org/record/7070178
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