†Retinaphis rasnitsyni Kononova 1975 (aphid)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Tajmyraphididae
Alternative combination: Tajmyraphis rasnitsyni
Full reference: E. L. Kononova. 1975. A new aphid family from the Upper Cretaceous of the Taymyr. Entomological Review 54(4):60-68
Belongs to Retinaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Heie 2000 and Kononova 1975
Sister taxon: Retinaphis glandulosa
Type specimen: PIN 3311/256, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in the Kheta Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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