†Longiradius foottitti Heie 2006 (aphid)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Full reference: O. E. Heie. 2006. Fossil aphids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) from Canadian Cretaceous amber and from the Miocene of Nevada. Insect Systematics & Evolution 37:91-104
Belongs to Longiradius according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Heie 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CAS 853, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC May 1973 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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