†Neponymphes Zamboni 2001 (giant water bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Full reference: J. C. Zamboni. 2001. Contribution to the knowledge of the aquatic paleoentomofauna from Santana Formation (Araripe basin, Lower Cretaceous, northeast Brazil) with description of new taxa. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 24(52/53):129-135
Parent taxon: Belostomatini according to D. A. Moura-Júnior et al. 2021
See also Zamboni 2001
Sister taxon: Belostoma
Subtaxa: Neponymphes godoii
Type: Neponymphes godoii
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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