Rare Whitefly and Psyllid Insect Fossils Found in New Zealand

Rare Whitefly and Psyllid Insect Fossils Found in New Zealand

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of whiteflies and a psyllid from fossils found in Miocene-period crater lake sediments at Hindon Maar near Dunedin in Otago, South Island of New Zealand.

A close-up of two tiny puparia of Miotetraleurodes novaezelandiae attached to an angiosperm leaf. Image credit: Drohojowska et al., doi: 10.1007/s12549-024-00628-z.

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