Cratocora Martins-Neto 2005 (creeping water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Naucoridae

Full reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 2005. New Heteroptera (Insecta) from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous (Northeastern Brazil), with description of a new family and new taxa of Naucoridae and Gelastocoridae. Gaea 1(2):68-74

Parent taxon: Naucoridae according to M. López Ruf et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Ambrysinae, Aphelocheirinae, Aphlebocoris, Apopnus, Cheirochelinae, Cratopelocoris, Cryphocricinae, Exilcrus, Ijanectinae, Ilyocorinae, Jurategia, Laccocorinae, Limnocorinae, Miroculus, Naucorinae, Naucoris dilatatus, Saucrolus, Shartegonaucoris, Sphaerodemopsinae

Subtaxa: Cratocora crassa

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Type: Cratocora crassa

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato, Pedra Branca Quarry (MPFT collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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