Sbenaphis quesneli Scudder 1878

Insecta - Hemiptera

Alternative combination: Lachnus quesneli

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. Additions to the Insect-fauna of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel, British Columbia. Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada 1876-1877 457-464

Belongs to Sbenaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011

See also Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1894 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 34a, an exoskeleton (pair of wings and crushed body). Its type locality is Quesnel, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Australian Creek Formation of Canada.

Distribution: found only at Quesnel

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