Mesoveliidae

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Mesoveliidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent
Mesovelia hackeri.jpg
Mesovelia hackeri
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Gerromorpha
Superfamily: Mesovelioidea
Family: Mesoveliidae
Douglas & Scott, 1867
Subfamilies
  • Poisson, 1959
  • Douglas & Scott, 1867

Mesoveliidae is a family of water treaders in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 genera and at least 50 described species in Mesoveliidae.[1][2][3][4]

Genera[]

These 16 genera belong to the family Mesoveliidae:

Fossil genera[]

  • Nel et al. 2014 France, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
  • Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 , France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • Sánchez-García & Solórzano Kraemer, 2017 , Early Cretaceous (Albian)
  • Sánchez-García & Nel, 2017 , Early Cretaceous (Albian)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o search_topic=TSN&search_value=103953 "Mesoveliidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Browse Mesoveliidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Mesoveliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mesoveliidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

Further reading[]

  • Schuh, Randall T.; Slater, James A. (1995). True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-2066-5.
  • Andersen, N. Møller; Polhemus, John T. (1980). "Four new genera of Mesoveliidae (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) and the phylogeny and classification of the family". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 11 (4): 369–392. doi:10.1163/187631280794710060.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.
  • Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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