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Eriosaphis leei

Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae

Taxonomy
Eriosaphis leei was named by Heie (2006). Its type specimen is CAS Scudder 2, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Stewart Valley (Scudder collection), which is in a Barstovian lacustrine - large mudstone in Nevada. It is the type species of Eriosaphis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eriosaphis leei Heie p. 99 figs. 10, 18
2011Eriosaphis leei Heie and Wegierek p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderSternorrhyncha()
AphidiformesSchlee 1969
infraorderAphidomorpha
superfamilyAphidoidea
familyAphididae()
subfamilyEriosomatinae
genusEriosaphis
speciesleei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eriosaphis leei Heie 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Eriosaphis leei (type locality: 123213)