Insecta - Hemiptera - Elektraphididae
Full reference: O. E. Heie. 1989. Fossil aphids (Insecta, Homoptera) from the Tertiary deposits of Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya, the U.S.S.R. Entomologica Scandinavica 19:475-488
Belongs to Schizoneurites according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Heie 1989
Sister taxa: Schizoneurites brevirostris, Schizoneurites electri, Schizoneurites fossilis, Schizoneurites lindrothi, Schizoneurites obliquus, Schizoneurites polykrypta, Schizoneurites robustus, Schizoneurites similis
Type specimen: PIN 3429/1501, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya, Biamo, layer 5 (PIN collection 3429), which is in a Priabonian lacustrine diatomite in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bolshaya Svetlovodnaya, Biamo, layer 5 (PIN collection 3429)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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