Insecta - Hemiptera - Mesozoicaphididae
Full reference: O. E. Heie. 1992. Descriptions, in New aphids in Cretaceous amber from Alberta (Insecta, Homoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 124:1027-1053
Belongs to Mesozoicaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Heie 1992
Sister taxa: Mesozoicaphis canadensis, Mesozoicaphis electri, Mesozoicaphis tuberculata
Type specimen: RTMP 91.148.9, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 91.148 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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