†Balticovelia weitschati 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
Belongs to Balticovelia according to N. M. Andersen 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Grohn 2235, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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