†Jersaphis luzzii Wegierek 2000 (aphid)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae
Full reference: P. Wegierek. 2000. A new genus and species of aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidinea) from New Jersey amber. Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey 141-145
Belongs to Jersaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Wegierek 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH NJ-619, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits), which is in a Turonian delta plain amber/lignite in the Raritan Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at New Jersey amber, White Oaks Pit (Old Crossman's Clay Pits)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.