Brachymetroides Andersen 2001 (water strider)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae

Full reference: N. M. Andersen. 2001. Fossil water striders in the Oligocene/Miocene Dominican amber (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha). Insect Systematics & Evolution 31:411-431

Parent taxon: Charmatometrinae according to J. Damgaard 2008

See also Andersen 2001

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Brachymetroides atra

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Type: Brachymetroides atra

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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