Biology:Juraphididae

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Short description: Extinct family of true bugs

Juraphididae
Temporal range: Callovian–Turonian
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder: Aphidomorpha
Superfamily: Palaeoaphidoidea
Family: Juraphididae
Zyla, Blagoderov & Wegierek, 2014

Juraphididae is an extinct family of aphids in the order Hemiptera. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Juraphididae.[1][2][3] The most recent discovery in Juraphididae family was the Prolavexillapis munditia in 2018 and Isolitaphidae are synonymy with the Juraphididae

Genera

These three genera belong to the family Juraphididae:

  • Aphaorus Wegierek, 1991 Tsagaantsav Formation, Mongolia, Lower Cretaceous
  • Isolitaphis Poinar 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Juraphis Shaposhnikov, 1979 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Oxfordian
  • Prolavexillaphis Liu et al. 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • Pterotella Wegierek, 1991 Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Tithonian Hotont Formation, Mongolia, Lower Cretaceous

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18395928 entry