Geranchon petrorum Scudder 1877 (aphid)

Insecta - Hemiptera

Alternative combinations: Gerancon petrorum, Lachnus petrorum

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The insects of the Tertiary beds at Quesnel (British Colombia). Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada 1875-1876 266-280

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

See also Scudder 1877, Scudder 1890, Scudder 1894 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxon: Geranchon davisii

Type specimen: Dawson coll 19, a wing (fragment of a wing). Its type locality is Quesnel, which is in a Priabonian lacustrine shale in the Australian Creek Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Quesnel

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