Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae

Alternative combination: Sbenaphis lassa

Synonym: Aphidopsis hargeri Scudder 1890

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

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

See also Heie 1967, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1894

Sister taxa: Siphonophoroides antiqua, Siphonophoroides breineri, Siphonophoroides burholti, Siphonophoroides gillettei, Siphonophoroides madseni, Siphonophoroides magnalata, Siphonophoroides orapaensis, Siphonophoroides pennatus, Siphonophoroides simplex

Type specimens:

• Siphonophoroides lassa: 12994, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
• Aphidopsis hargeri: 11360, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.