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A new species representing the oldest aphid (Hemiptera, Aphidomorpha) from the Middle Triassic of China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Youchong Hong ,
Zhijun Zhang ,
Xinrong Guo  and
O. E. Heie
Youchong Hong
Affiliation:
1Beijing Museum of Natural History, Beijing 100050, PRC
Zhijun Zhang
Affiliation:
2The Geological Museum of China, Beijing 100034, PRC, or
Xinrong Guo
Affiliation:
3Northwest A & F Univ., Yangling 712100, PRC
O. E. Heie
Affiliation:
4Holtegårdsvej 57, DK-2840, Denmark,
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A new aphid species, Dracaphis angustata, has been found in China from the Middle Triassic. It is especially informative because its whole body is preserved except for the distal part of the antennae and part of the legs. Only wings of three other aphid species of Triassic age have previously been found: Triassoaphis cubitus, described by Evans (1956) from Australia and placed in its own family, Triassoaphididae Heie, 1999; Creaphis theodora, described by Shcherbakov and Wegierek (1991) from Central Asia and placed in its own family, Creaphididae; and Coccavus supercubitus, described by Shcherbakov (2007) from Kyrgyzstan and placed in Naibiidae together with Naibia from the Lower Tertiary. The new species described below must be placed in its own family Dracaphididae because it possesses a combination of characters unknown in any other aphid clade.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 83 , Issue 5 , September 2009 , pp. 826 - 831
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