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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.

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