Aphaena atava Scudder 1877 (fulgorid planthopper)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridae

Alternative combination: Aphana atava

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1877. The First Discovered Traces of Fossil Insects in the American Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3:741-762

Belongs to Aphaena according to J. Szwedo et al. 2004

See also Scudder 1877 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Aphaena lithoecia, Aphaena rotundipennis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Chagrin Valley

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