†Miohebrus anderseni Garrouste and Nel 2010 (velvet water bug)
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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
Belongs to Miohebrus according to R. Garrouste and A. Nel 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM Drake 12893, 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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