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.)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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