Balticovelia Andersen 2000 (riffle bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Veliidae

Full reference: N. M. Andersen. 2000. Fossil water striders in the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Insect Systematics & Evolution 31:257-284

Parent taxon: Veliinae according to J. Damgaard 2008

See also Andersen 2000

Sister taxa: Arcantivelia, Electrovelia, Velia

Subtaxa: Balticovelia weitschati

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Type: Balticovelia weitschati

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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