Insecta - Hemiptera - Mesoveliidae

Full reference: R. Garrouste and A. Nel. 2010. First semi-aquatic bugs Mesoveliidae and Hebridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) in Miocene Dominican amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41:93-102

Belongs to Mesovelia according to J. Damgaard et al. 2012

See also Garrouste and Nel 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM Drake 12911, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Drake coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Drake coll)

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