†Balticovelia Andersen 2000 (riffle bug)
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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
Type: Balticovelia weitschati
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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