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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.
Adult whiteflies are tiny insects about 3 mm in size, smaller if they are immature.
The fossils found at Hindon Maar are about 1.5 mm by 1.25 mm and have been preserved attached to the underside of a fossil leaf.
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