Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae
Alternative combinations: Gerris stali, Hygrotrechus stali
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1879. Appendix A. The fossil insects collected in 1877, by Mr. G.M. Dawson, in the interior of British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress for 1877-1878 175-185
Belongs to Telmatrechus according to J. Damgaard 2008
See also Andersen 1998, Handlirsch 1910, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Scudder 1879, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: Telmatrechus defunctus, Telmatrechus parallelus
Type specimen: GSC 70, an exoskeleton (body). Its type locality is 3 miles up North Fork of Similkameen River, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine shale/siltstone in the Allenby Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at 3 miles up North Fork of Similkameen River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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