Aniferella bostoni Richards 1966 (aphid)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae

Full reference: W. R. Richards. 1966. Systematics of fossil aphids from Canadian Amber (Homoptera: Aphididae). The Canadian Entomologist 98:746-760

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

See also Richards 1966

Sister taxon: Aniferella sibirica

Type specimen: CNC 9169, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (P. Boston collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (P. Boston collection)

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