†Drepanochaitophorus fushunensis Zhang and Hong 1999 (aphid)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Drepanochaitophoridae
Full reference: G. X. Zhang and Y. C. Hong. 1999. A new family Drepanochaitophoridae (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) from Eocene Fushun amber of Liaoning province, China. Entomologia Sinica 6:127-134
Belongs to Drepanochaitophorus according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Hong 2002, Hong 2002 and Zhang and Hong 1999
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH H1004, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection)
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