Ellinaphididae

Ellinaphididae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Infraorder: Aphidomorpha
Superfamily: †Palaeoaphidoidea
Family: †Ellinaphididae
Kania & Wegierek, 2008

Ellinaphididae is an extinct family of aphids in the order Hemiptera. There are about 13 genera and more than 40 described species in Ellinaphididae.[1][2]

Palaeoaphididae is sometimes considered a subfamily (Palaeoaphidinae) of Palaeoaphididae.[3]

Genera

These 13 genera belong to the family Ellinaphididae:

References

  1. ^ "Ellinaphididae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. ^ Favret, Colin (2019). "family Ellinaphididae Kania & Wegierek, 2008". Aphid species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  3. ^ Perkovsky, E.E.; Wegierek, P. (2017). "Oldest amber species of Palaeoaphididae (Hemiptera) from Baikura (Taimyr amber)". Cretaceous Research. 80. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.08.013.


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