Aphrophora angusta Handlirsch 1910 (froghopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphrophoridae

Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1910. Canadian fossil Insects. 5. Insects from the Tertiary lake deposits of the southern interior of British Columbia, collected by Mr. Lawrence M. Lambe. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(3):93-129

Belongs to Aphrophora according to A. Handlirsch 1910

Sister taxa: Aphrophora (Ptyela), Aphrophora brevistylata, Aphrophora coquandi, Aphrophora dimidia, Aphrophora electrina, Aphrophora molassica, Aphrophora pinguicula, Aphrophora pitoni, Aphrophora protocalla, Aphrophora pulchra, Aphrophora spumarioides, Aphrophora stavropolitana, Aphrophora ungeri, Aphrophora vetusta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion bluff, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine horizon in the Allenby Formation of Canada

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tulameen river, opposite Vermilion bluff

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