Insecta - Hemiptera - Dracaphididae

Full reference: Y. C. Hong, Z. J. Zhang, X. R. Guo and O. E. Heie. 2009. A new species representing the oldest aphid (Hemiptera, Aphidomorpha) from the Middle Triassic of China. Journal of Paleontology 83:826-831

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

See also Hong et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GMC TH00-2/079, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Tongchuan, which is in a Longobardian lacustrine mudstone in the Yanchang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tongchuan

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