Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae
Full reference: R. J. Rayner and S. B. Waters. 1989. A new aphid from the Creataceous of Botswana. Palaeontology 32(3):669-673
Belongs to Siphonophoroides according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Rayner and Waters 1989
Sister taxa: Siphonophoroides antiqua, Siphonophoroides breineri, Siphonophoroides burholti, Siphonophoroides gillettei, Siphonophoroides lassa, Siphonophoroides madseni, Siphonophoroides magnalata, Siphonophoroides pennatus, Siphonophoroides simplex
Type specimen: BP/2/25970, a forewing (isolated forewing). Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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