A swarm of whiteflies--the first record of gregarious behavior from Eocene Baltic amber

Jacek Szwedo; Jowita Drohojowska

doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1359-y

A swarm of whiteflies--the first record of gregarious behavior from Eocene Baltic amber

Naturwissenschaften. 2016 Apr;103(3-4):35. doi: 10.1007/s00114-016-1359-y. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

Authors

Jacek Szwedo¹, Jowita Drohojowska²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, 59, Wita Stwosza Street, Gdańsk, PL80-308, Poland. jacek.szwedo@biol.ug.edu.pl.
² Department of Zoology, University of Silesia, 9, Bankowa Street, Katowice, PL40-007, Poland.

PMID: 27023734
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-016-1359-y

Abstract

A new whitefly Snotra christelae gen. et sp. n. is characterized, illustrated, and described from the Baltic amber. It represents the first record of gregarious behavior of Aleyrodinae (Aleyrodidae) whiteflies in fossil state. Implications of this finding on interpretation of whiteflies and their host-plant relationships and evolutionary traits of the group are discussed.

Keywords: Aleyrodidae; Baltic amber; Gregarious behavior; Hemiptera; Snotra christelae gen. sp. n..

MeSH terms

Amber*
Animals
Baltic States
Behavior, Animal / physiology*
Fossils*
Hemiptera / anatomy & histology
Hemiptera / classification*
Hemiptera / physiology*

Substances

Amber