Sphaerodema Laporte 1832 (giant water bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Parent taxon: Belostomatidae according to J. Zhang et al. 1994
See also Popov 1971
Sister taxa: Aenictobelostoma, Belostoma goldfussi, Belostomates, Belostomates speciosum, Belostomatinae, Diplonychus rotundatus, Lethocerinae, Lethopterus, Manocerus, Scarabaeides, Stygeonepinae, Triassonepa
Subtaxa: Sphaerodema microcephalum
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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