Karataviella shandongensis Zhang 1985 (water boatman)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Corixidae

Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1985. New data on the Mesozoic fossil insects from Laiyang in Shandong. Geology of Shandong 1:23-39

Belongs to Karataviella according to J. F. Zhang 1985

Sister taxa: Karataviella borzhensis, Karataviella brachyptera, Karataviella macra, Karataviella pontoforma, Karataviella popovi, Karataviella samkhakensis, Karataviella stolida

Type specimen: Shandong Provincial Museum L84999, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large shale in the Laiyang Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Nanligezhuang, Tuanwang Town, Laiyang City (Shandong Prov. Mus.)

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