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Aphaena

Insecta - Hemiptera - Fulgoridae

Taxonomy
Aphaena was named by Guerin and Meneville (1833) [misspelled as Aphana]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Aphana by Scudder (1890).

It was assigned to Fulgorinae by Scudder (1878), Scudder (1890); and to Fulgoridae by Scudder (1877), Zhang (1989), Szwedo et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Aphaena Guerin and Meneville p. 452
1877Aphana Scudder p. 759
1878Aphana Scudder p. 772
1890Aphana Scudder p. 281
1989Aphaena Zhang p. 67
2004Aphaena Szwedo et al. p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
HemelytrataFallen 1829
suborderFulgoromorpha(Evans 1946)
informalEucixioidian
superfamilyFulgoroidea
familyFulgoridae
genusAphaenaGuerin and Meneville 1833

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.

G. Aphaena Guerin and Meneville 1833
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Aphaena atava Scudder 1877
Aphaena lithoecia Zhang 1989
Aphaena rotundipennis Scudder 1878
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Burdigalian or 51.10000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Aphana rotundipennis (121306 121322)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Colorado) Aphana atava (121146)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) A. lithoecia (128550) Aphana lithoecia (128551)