Caudaphis minulissima Zhang et al. 1989 (aphid)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeoaphididae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang, S. Zhang, F. L. Hou and G. Y. Ma. 1989. Late Jurassic aphids (Homoptera, Insecta) from Shandong Province, China. Geology of Shandong 5:28-46

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

See also Hong 1998 and Zhang et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Caudaphis angustivola, Caudaphis brevicrura, Caudaphis leptoneura, Caudaphis longiantennata, Caudaphis modica, Caudaphis spinalis, Caudaphis vulgata

Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L84118, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)

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