†Mesonepa Handlirsch 1906 (giant water bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Belostomatinae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992
See also Carpenter 1932, Handlirsch 1906, Ponomarenko 1985 and Whalley 1985
Sister taxa: Araripebelostomum, Belostomatini, Diplonychini, Lethonectes, Nettelstedtia, Odrowazicoris, Propoissonia, Sinobelostoma, Tarsabedus
Subtaxa: Mesonepa minor Mesonepa primordialis
Type: Nepa primordialis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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