Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae
Alternative combination: Balticaphis hauniae
Full reference: O. E. Heie. 1967. Studies on fossil aphids (Homoptera: Aphidoidea), especially in the Copenhagen collection of fossils in Baltic amber. Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis 26:1-274
Belongs to Megapodaphis according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Heie 1967, Heie 1972 and Wegierek 1996
Sister taxa: Megapodaphis frontalis, Megapodaphis monstrabilis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Danish Amber (University of Copenhagen ZMUC, NHMD Collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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