Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae
Full reference: T. Wappler and N. M. Andersen. 2004. Fossil water striders from the Middle Eocene fossil sites of Eckfeld and Messel, Germany (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 78:41-52
Parent taxon: Gerridae according to J. Damgaard 2008
See also Wappler 2003 and Wappler and Andersen 2004
Sister taxa: Charmatometrinae, Cretogerris, Cylindrobates, Cylindrostethinae, Electrobatinae, Gerrinae, Gerris parabdominalis, Gerris protobates, Halobatinae, Metrobates aeternalis, Ptilomerinae, Succineogerris
Subtaxa: Lutetiabates eckfeldensis
Type: Lutetiabates eckfeldensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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