title: A swarm of whiteflies--the first record of gregarious behavior from Eocene Baltic amber.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, 59, Wita Stwosza Street, Gdańsk, PL80-308, Poland. jacek.szwedo@biol.ug.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szwedo
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Silesia, 9, Bankowa Street, Katowice, PL40-007, Poland.
authors.forename: Jowita
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Drohojowska
mesh_terms: D018647:Amber; D000818:Animals; D001454:Baltic States; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D005580:Fossils; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018647:Amber
keywords: Aleyrodidae; Baltic amber; Gregarious behavior; Hemiptera; Snotra christelae gen. sp. n.