Carinametra burmensis Andersen and Grimaldi 2001 (marsh treader)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae

Full reference: N. M. Andersen and D. A. Grimaldi. 2001. A fossil water measurer from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32:381-392

Belongs to Carinametra according to R. V. PĂȘgas et al. 2017

See also Andersen and Grimaldi 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-1098, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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