Cretaceometra Nel and Popov 2000 (marsh treader)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae

Full reference: A. Nel and Y. A. Popov. 2000. The oldest known fossil Hydrometridae from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha). Journal of Natural History 34:2315-2322

Parent taxon: Hydrometrinae according to J. Damgaard 2008

See also Nel and Popov 2000

Sister taxa: Burmametra, Christometra, Eocenometra, Hydrometra, Incertametra, Limnacis, Metrocephala, Palaeometra, Protobacillometra

Subtaxa: Cretaceometra brasiliensis

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Type: Cretaceometra brasiliensis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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