Mesoveliidae
| Mesoveliidae Temporal range:
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| Mesovelia hackeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Gerromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Mesovelioidea |
| Family: | Mesoveliidae Douglas & Scott, 1867 |
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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[edit]
These 12 extant genera belong to the family Mesoveliidae:
- Austrovelia Malipatil and Monteith, 1983[1][2][3]
- Cavaticovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2]
- Cryptovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2][3]
- Darwinivelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2][3]
- Madeovelia Poisson, 1959[2][3]
- Mesovelia Mulsant & Rey, 1852[1][2][3][4]
- Mesoveloidea Hungerford, 1929[1][2][3]
- Mniovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2][3]
- Nereivelia J. Polhemus and D. Polhemus, 1989[1][2][3]
- Phrynovelia Horváth, 1915[1][2][3]
- Seychellovelia Andersen and D. Polhemus, 2003[1][2][3]
- Speovelia Esaki, 1929[1][2][3]
Fossil genera[edit]
- †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[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m search_topic=TSN&search_value=103953 "Mesoveliidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Browse Mesoveliidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Mesoveliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b "Mesoveliidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
External links[edit]
Media related to Mesoveliidae at Wikimedia Commons
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