Miohebrus Garrouste and Nel 2010 (velvet water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hebridae

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

Parent taxon: Hebridae according to R. Garrouste and A. Nel 2010

Sister taxa: Hebrinae, Palaeohebrus

Subtaxa: Miohebrus anderseni

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Type: Miohebrus anderseni

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Drake coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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