†Palaeometra Andersen 1998 (marsh treader)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae
Full reference: N. M. Andersen. 1998. Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha). Biologiske Skrifter 50:1-157
Parent taxon: Hydrometrinae according to R. V. Pêgas et al. 2017
See also Andersen 1998 and Damgaard 2008
Sister taxa: Burmametra, Christometra, Cretaceometra, Eocenometra, Hydrometra, Incertametra, Limnacis, Metrocephala, Protobacillometra
Subtaxa: Palaeometra madseni
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Stolleklint, Fur (Madsen collection) (Eocene of Denmark)
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