†Palaeoaphis archimedia Richards 1966 (aphid)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Full reference: W. R. Richards. 1966. Systematics of fossil aphids from Canadian Amber (Homoptera: Aphididae). The Canadian Entomologist 98:746-760
Belongs to Palaeoaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Richards 1966
Sister taxa: Palaeoaphis armani, Palaeoaphis incognita
Type specimen: CNC 9170, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Cedar Lake (CNC 1963 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta, Manitoba collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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