Khotontaphis Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989 (aphid)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Oviparosiphidae

Alternative spelling: Khotonaphis

Full reference: G. K. Shaposhnikov and P. Wegierek. 1989. New late Mesozoic aphids (Oviparosiphidae, Homoptera). Paleontological Journal 23(3):37-47

Parent taxon: Oviparosiphidae according to D. Żyła et al. 2017

See also Heie and Wegierek 2011 and Shaposhnikov and Wegierek 1989

Sister taxa: Acanthotrichaphis, Archeoviparosiphum, Daoaphis, Dinaphis, Expansaphis, Grimmenaphis, Oviparosiphum, Sinoviparosiphum, Vitimaphis

Subtaxa: Khotontaphis lachnoides

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Khotont locality (PIN collection 4307) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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