†Brachymetroides atra Andersen 2001 (water strider)
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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
Belongs to Brachymetroides according to N. M. Andersen 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 1027, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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