Biology:Mesoveliidae

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Short description: Family of true bugs

Mesoveliidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent
Mesovelia hackeri.jpg
Mesovelia hackeri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Gerromorpha
Superfamily: Mesovelioidea
Family: Mesoveliidae
Douglas & Scott, 1867
Subfamilies
  • Madeoveliinae Poisson, 1959
  • Mesoveliinae 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 12 extant genera belong to the family Mesoveliidae:


Fossil genera

  • Duncanovelia Jell & Duncan, 1986[3]
  • Gallomesovelia Nel et al. 2014 France, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
  • Malenavelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • Emilianovelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • Glaesivelia Sánchez-García & Solórzano Kraemer, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
  • Iberovelia Sánchez-García & Nel, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
  • Sinovelia Yao, Zhang and Ren, 2012, Early Cretaceous (Yixian)[1][2][3]

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2299424 entry