Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Parent taxon: Belostomatidae according to D. A. Moura-Júnior et al. 2021
See also Nel and Paicheler 1992, Popov 1996, Popov et al. 1994, Popov et al. 2000, Ribeiro et al. 2018 and Zamboni 2001
Sister taxa: Aenictobelostoma, Belostoma goldfussi, Belostomates, Belostomates speciosum, Diplonychus rotundatus, Lethocerinae, Lethopterus, Libanobelostoma, Manocerus, Scarabaeides, Sphaerodema, Stygeonepinae, Triassonepa
Subtaxa: Araripebelostomum Belostomatini Diplonychini Lethonectes Mesonepa Nettelstedtia Odrowazicoris Propoissonia Sinobelostoma Tarsabedus
Type: Belostoma
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of Türkiye (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (4), China (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (8), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences