†Electrobates Andersen and Poinar 1992 (water strider)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae
Full reference: N. M. Andersen and G. O. Poinar. 1992. Phylogeny and classification of an extinct water strider genus (Hemiptera, Gerridae) from Dominican amber, with evidence of mate guarding in a fossil insect. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionforschung 30:256-267
Parent taxon: Electrobatinae according to J. Damgaard 2008
See also Andersen 1998, Andersen 2001 and Andersen and Poinar 1992
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Electrobates spinipes
Type: Electrobates spinipes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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