Insecta - Hemiptera - Elektraphididae
Alternative combination: Elektraphis polykrypta
Full reference: A. W. Steffan. 1968. Elektraphididae: Aphidinorum nova familia e sucino baltico (Insecta: Homoptera: Phylloxeroidea). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 95:1-15
Belongs to Schizoneurites according to O. E. Heie and P. Wegierek 2011
See also Steffan 1968 and Wegierek 1996
Sister taxa: Schizoneurites brevirostris, Schizoneurites electri, Schizoneurites fossilis, Schizoneurites lindrothi, Schizoneurites obliquus, Schizoneurites robustus, Schizoneurites similis, Schizoneurites zherichini
Type specimen: BSP 1958/VIII/B6, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Bachofen-Echt collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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