Canaphis albertensis Heie 2006 (aphid)

Insecta - Hemiptera

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 Canaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011

See also Heie 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAS 1180, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC June 1974 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC June 1974 collection)

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