†family Leptaphelocheiridae Polhemus 2000 (true bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Leptaphelocheiridae

Full reference: J. T. Polhemus. 2000. North American Mesozoic aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta, Naucoroidea, Nepoidea) from the Todilto Formation, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 16:29-40

Parent taxon: Naucoroidea according to J. Szwedo 2018

See also Polhemus 2000

Sister taxa: Aphelocheiridae, Canteronecta, Naucoridae, Potamocoridae, Triassocoridae

Subtaxa: Leptaphelocheirus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Warm Springs site (Jurassic of New Mexico)

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