Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Alternative combination: Nepa primordialis
Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1839. Die versteinerten Insecten Solenhofens. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19(1):187-222
Belongs to Mesonepa according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992
See also Carpenter 1932, Deichmüller 1886, Germar 1839, Handlirsch 1906, Lakshiminarayana 1984, Oppenheim 1888, Ponomarenko 1985 and Weyenbergh 1869
Sister taxon: Mesonepa minor
Type specimen: Its type locality is Solnhofen (BSPGM Munich coll), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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