Metrocephala Popov 1996 (marsh treader)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae

Full reference: Y. A. Popov. 1996. Water measurers from the Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Hydrometridae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 79:211-221

Parent taxon: Hydrometrinae according to R. V. Pêgas et al. 2017

See also Andersen 1998, Andersen 2000, Damgaard 2008, Popov 1996 and Zettel and Heiss 2011

Sister taxa: Burmametra, Christometra, Cretaceometra, Eocenometra, Hydrometra, Incertametra, Limnacis, Palaeometra, Protobacillometra

Subtaxa: Metrocephala anderseni Metrocephala schaeferi

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), the Russian Federation (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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