Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Full reference: G. K. Shaposhnikov. 1979. The Late Jurassic and early Cretaceous aphids. Paleontological Journal 13:449-461
Belongs to Ellinaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Kania and Wegierek 2008 and Shaposhnikov 1979
Sister taxa: Ellinaphis bulla, Ellinaphis cubocrassa, Ellinaphis curta, Ellinaphis elegans, Ellinaphis eserta, Ellinaphis extenda, Ellinaphis incognita, Ellinaphis longistigma, Ellinaphis mediata, Ellinaphis mirabila, Ellinaphis premordica, Ellinaphis stricta, Ellinaphis truncata
Type specimen: PIN 1668/2347, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baissa (PIN collection 1668, layer 2), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large siltstone/marl in the Zaza Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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