Juraphididae is an extinct family of aphids in the order
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
. There are at least three genera and about five described species in Juraphididae.
[ The most recent discovery in Juraphididae family was the Prolavexillapis munditia in 2018 and Isolitaphidae are synonymy with the Juraphididae
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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
In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 152.1 ± 4 Ma and 145.0 ± 4 Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the K ...
Hotont Formation, Mongolia, Lower Cretaceous
References
Sternorrhyncha
Prehistoric insect families
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