†Aenictobelostoma Polhemus 2000 (giant water bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
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: Belostomatidae according to J. T. Polhemus 2000
Sister taxa: Belostoma goldfussi, Belostomates, Belostomates speciosum, Belostomatinae, Diplonychus rotundatus, Lethocerinae, Lethopterus, Manocerus, Scarabaeides, Sphaerodema, Stygeonepinae, Triassonepa
Subtaxa: Aenictobelostoma primitivum
Type: Aenictobelostoma primitivum
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Warm Springs site (Jurassic of New Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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