The whitefly subfamily Aleurodicinae (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae) in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar

Abstract Whiteflies are abundant and highly diverse in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, but only three taxa have been reported to date: Burmoselis evelynae and Paraburmoselis kachinensis in the extinct subfamily Bernaeinae, and ‘Aleurodicus’ burmiticus with generic and subfamilial assignment doubtful. A new genus and species, Burmodicus cretaceus gen. et sp. nov., is herein described and illustrated on the basis of a new whitefly in Kachin amber, and the new taxon is tentatively assigned to the subfamily Aleurodicinae. In addition, the nomenclature, homology and evolution of aleyrodid wing venation are briefly discussed.