Vosegidae

Szwedo, Jacek & Nel, André, 2011, The oldest aphid insect from the Middle Triassic of the Vosges, France, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (4), pp. 757-766 : 758

Family Vosegidae nov.

Type genus: Vosegus gen. nov.; designated herein.

Diagnosis (forewing).—Pterostigma well developed, elongate, with posterior margin arcuate ( Creaphididae with pterostigma elongate with posterior margin straight, tapering apicad). Common stem Sc+ R +(M)+CuA thick; RP arcuate, arising from Sc+ R distinctly basad of pterostigma base, reaching margin well basad of wing apex (in Creaphididae RP curved only at base, arising from very base of stigma, reaching margin at apex of wing); M three−branched, with basal part not visible (“phantom” vein) and not distinctly touching common stem of Sc+ R (in Creaphididae base of M curved at base, projecting to the point of CuA separation). Common stem of CuA about as long as common stem of M (in Creaphididae common stem CuA short, distinctly shorter than common stem of M); CuA as thick as M and RP (in Creaphididae CuA thicker than M and distal portion of R).